Obit of Baker, Carrie Bryant - Osage County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    28 Sep 2008
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::Cremation 

CARRIE BAKER

Published on February 28, 1997

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Carrie Bryant Baker, who enlisted in the Coast Guard after graduating 
from Santa Rosa High School, was killed along with her husband, Caleb 
Baker, in an auto accident near Fairfax, Okla., Feb. 20.

The Bakers, both 21, were killed when their car was broadsided by a 
truck in a highway intersection. They were on leave from Astoria, 
Ore., and visiting Caleb Baker's family in Fairfax.

Rita Baker, sister of Baker's husband, survived the accident. She was 
released from a hospital Thursday.

Born in Burlingame, Carrie Baker moved to Santa Rosa when she was 4 
years old. Her mother, Patricia Bryant of Windsor, said she chose the 
Coast Guard for travel as well as a chance to serve on boats.

She and her husband were serving with the Coast Guard group at 
Astoria. They lived in Hammond, Ore. A Petty Officer 3rd Class, she 
had been in the service since age 18. She was assigned to the Coast 
Guard Cutter Cowslip at Astoria.

Baker enjoyed music, singing and her family.

Besides her mother, Baker is survived by her father, Richard Bryant 
of Rapid City, S.D.; brother, Robert Morales of Windsor, and Harley 
Bryant of Rapid City, S.D.; and her grandmothers, Beth Wood of 
Windsor, and Betty Jones of Idaho.

A memorial service with full military honors will be 2 p.m. today at 
the Two Rock Coast Guard Base in Petaluma. Baker's ashes will be 
scattered under the Golden Gate Bridge. Memorial donations are 
preferred to the Leukemia Society.
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