Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Ms. Era Hope (Bonner) Baker

HOPE BAKER
August 28, 1914 - December 10, 2013

FACTS
Born: August 28, 1914
Death: December 10, 2013
Occupation: Retired - Texas Dept. Mental Health Mental Retardation 
Organizations: First Baptist Church

BIOGRAPHY
Hope Baker, 99, of Fairfield, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 in 
Fairfield. Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 
First Baptist Church with Rev. Benny Mize and Rev. Ken Pruitt officiating. 
Interment will follow at Woodland Cemetery in Kirvin under the direction of 
Capps Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, 
December 11, 2013 at Capps Memorial Chapel. 

Mrs. Baker was born August 28, 1914 near the Stewards Mill Community of Freestone 
County; to parents Jim Billie and Nannie Belle York Bonner. She attended school 
at Bonnerville and graduated high school in Fairfield. She married Edward Baker 
on December 23, 1939 and he preceded her in death in 1973. She was retired from 
the Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. She was a member of the 
First Baptist Church of Fairfield. In addition to her husband and parents she 
was also preceded in death by one sister, Laura Belle Bonner; four brothers, 
Joel Andrew Bonner, Sr.; Jim Billie Bonner, Jr.; Samuel Laird Bonner; John Y. 
Bonner. 

Left to cherish her memory is her brother, Albert Bonner, Sr. and wife Maxine of 
Fairfield; one son; two grandchildren, LaDonna Spain and Luke Baker both of 
Wichita Falls, TX; four great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and her 
special caregiver, Robin Cox. 

VISITATION
Wednesday December 11, 2013, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at Capps Memorial Chapel 

FUNERAL SERVICE
Thursday December 12, 2013, 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church