Obit of Don P. Baker (b260) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 25 Jan 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Baker, Parsons, DeSoto, Davis Don P. Baker was born August 9, 1894 in Page, Nebraska to Sara Francis and Henry W. Baker and passed away December 20, 1992 in the Hemphill County Hospital of Canadian, Texas at the age of 98 years, 4 months and 11 days. Don was one of 10 children born to this pioneer family. The family left Nebraksa and came to the Oklahoma Territory in the fall of 1900 in a covered wagon when Don was 6 years old. He spent his early years helping on the family farm along with his brother and sisters. When he was a teenager he hired out as a ranch hand on the Trammell Ranch. When he was 19 years old he went on picnic in the Durham Community and it was there that he met his wife to be, Frannie Mae Parsons. They were married September 5, 1915 in Durham. Their first home was a farm between Midway and Durham and they moved in 1920 to Midway, OK where he worked in a grocery store, was assistnat postmaster, and was a barber in his off hours. He worked and lived there for five years. In 1927 he leased a farm near the Texas- Oklahoma line and lived there for a year. In 1928 he brought three quarters of land southwest of Durham and he remained there until 1944 when he sold his farm and moved to Durham where he entered the trucking and cattle trading business which he continued until his retirement. Don was a member of Durham Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by parents, wife and 2 sons; Guy Pride and Henry Wilburn, 5 brothers, 3 sisters and 3 grandchildren; Patsy Dale Davis, Mary Jolene Baker, James Henry Baker. Services were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 22, 1992 at the Durham Community Building officiated by Donald Parsons. Interment will be in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. Survivors include his wife, Ruby, Reydon, OK; 2 sons, Dale P. Baker, Elk City, OK; Eddie Baker, Beaver, OK; 1 sisters, Mary Lane, DeSoto, KS; 11 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; 14 great great grandchildren. --------------------------------------------------------------------