Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Calvin S., 1950 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

County Boy Dies In Auto Accident 

  Funeral services will be held today for Calvin Stuart Baker, 20-year-old 
Nansemond County farmer who lost his life in a highway collision near 
Whaleyville Friday night. 

  Last rites will be said at 4 p.m. in the Liberty Spring Christian Church 
with three pastors offlciating.  They are Dr. Luther B. Grice of Holy Neck 
Church, Dr. Jesse H. Dollar of Liberty Spring Church and Rev. R.E. Brittle 
of Bethlehem Church.  Burial will follow in the Liberty Spring cemetery. 

  Baker is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Slifton [sic; Clifton 
Baker, of R.F.D. 1, Suffolk; a brother, Clifton Baker, of the same address; 
and a grandmother, Mrs. Wertley Baker, of Newport News. 

     Killed Friday Night 

  The youth was killed about 7:30 p.m. Friday when his 1950 Ford sedan 
collided with another car on Route 32, four miles north of Whaleyville. 
According to State Trooper William O'Brien, Baker struck the rear of the other 
vehicle after it had slowed down to make a right turn into Route 668.  Both 
were headed south. 

  The impact capsized Baker’s car and hurled both vehicles into the roadside 
ditch.  The driver of the other car, James Edward Copeland, Negro, of Route 1, 
Whaleyville, was treated at a local hospital for an injured right knee, and 
later released, according to Trooper O’Brien.  Copeland’s wife, Mrs. Mattie B. 
Copeland, a passenger in the 1938 Ford sedan, entered Community Hospital 
yesterday for treatment of a broken leg, suffered in the wreck. 

  Both cars were a total loss, according to O’Brien. Copeland was charged with 
involuntary manslaughter, a technical charge in all fatal accidents.  The case 
hearing was set for next Thursday in Nansemond County Trial Justice Court.

****************************************************************************** 

Gates Boy Rode In Death Vehicle 

  A Gates, N.C. youth was riding in the car in which Calvin Stuart Baker, 
20-year old Nansemond farmer, was killed Friday night police learned 
yesterday. 

  Clyde Baker, Jr., about 20, said to be a cousin of the dead man, reported 
to the county jail yesterday that he had been involved in the accident.  He 
escaped with an injured arm, which a county doctor treated, he said. 

  State Trooper W.G. O'Brien commented he didn't see how young Baker survived 
the wreck.  The death car was "completely wrecked," he said. 

   Not Immediately Located 

  O’Brien, investigating the crash Friday night, was told of a passenger in 
the Baker car, but was unable to locate anyone. 

  Previously, the only version of the incident came from James Edward 
Copeland, Negro, of Route 1, Whaleyville, driver of the second car.  He told 
O'Brien that Baker's vehicle struck the rear of his car as he was slowing to 
make a turn off of Route 32.  This happened 7:30 p. m. Friday about four miles 
north of Whaleyville. 

  Now it appears possible that Clyde Baker, who works in a basket factory near 
Suffolk, will be able to add an eye-witness account at the accident hearing 
this Thursday morning in Nansemond County Trial Justice Court.

Calvin S. Parker [sic; Baker] Buried on Sunday 

  Funeral services for Calvin S. Baker, 20 year old Nansemond County boy who 
died as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident Friday night 
near Whaleyville, were held yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock at the Liberty 
Spring Christian Church. 

  Dr. Luther B. Grice, pastor of the Holy Neck Christian Church, Dr. Jesse H. 
Dollar of the Liberty Spring Church, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle of the 
Bethlehem Christian Church conducted the services. 

  The Liberty Spring Church choir sang "Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me." 

  The pall was of Easter lilies and red roses.  Active pallbearers were John 
Robert Ellis, Owen Ellis, W.H. Britton. Jr., Carroll Ellis, J.D. Williams, 
Jr., Paul V. Massey and J.O. Davidson, Jr.  Friends of the family served as 
honorary pallbearers. 

  Interment took place in the church cemetery at Liberty Spring.


Calvin Stuart BAKER, of Nansemond Co., farmer, 
b. 7 Jan 1930, Nansemond Co., killed in crash 19 May 1950, near Whaleyville, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 21 May 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 40, May 21, 1950, p. 6, col. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 41, May 22, 1950, p. 3, col. 6 

*His parents are also buried there.  Liberty Spring list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b260c2ob.txt