Baker, Johnnie Marie (b260) - Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Teresa Young 29 Jun 2001 Return to Pushmataha County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pushmataha/pushmataha.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== "Push County Times", September 18, 2000, Page 8. JOHNNIE MARIE BAKER SERVICES HELD Area resident, Johnnie Marie Baker, was born July 24, 1911 in Drasco, Arkansas and passed away on September 14, 2000 in Atoka, Oklahoma at the age of 89 years. Johnnie came to the Miller/Jumbo area as a young woman, coming from Arkansas. She was a strong, honest and proud woman that grew up in the Great Depression. She loved and adored her family. She liked to dress pretty and always insisted on wearing a hat. She enjoyed for her pastime canning, sewing and being a homemaker. Her church affiliation was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Baker is survived by 6 children: Carl Dean Pool of Whitewater, Colorado; Imogene Birchfield of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Audra Baker of Antlers, Oklahoma; Donnie Baker of the home in Atoka; and Windil Hilliard of Atoka; 1 sister: Dalphine Hardin of Atoka; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephew and relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents: Issac and Maltilda Cannon; her husband: Frank Lee Baker, and 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Funeral services were held Saturday, September 16, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mills and Coffey Chapel with Reverend Billy Joe Howard officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Phillip Cannon, Voyd Cannon, Thomas Cannon, Floyd Hardin, T. J. Griffin and Virgil Griffin. Honorary pallbearers included: Gary Dunham, Roy Dunham, David Dunham and Willie Cottrell, Jr. Burial was held at the Darwin Cemetery under the direction of Mills & Coffey Funeral Home of Antlers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pushmataha County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pushmataha/pushmataha.html