Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, George H. Jr., 1988 

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GEORGE HUMPHREY BAKER, JR.

   George Humphrey Baker, Jr., 78, of 1549 Wilkins Dr., died March 8, 1988, in 
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.  A native of Tyner, N.C., he was the son of 
the late George Humphrey Baker Sr. and Emma Elliott Baker.

   He was a teacher and principal for 40 years, and had graduated from Wake 
Forest University.  He was a teacher and principal in North Carolina before 
coming to Suffolk.  Here, he was principal at the old William J. Jones 
Elementary School in Whaleyville, and later a math teacher at John Yeates High 
School in Suffolk.

   He was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, where he taught the Mary Sue 
Brittle Sunday School Class and the Ladies Star Class.  He was also a member 
of the Bethlehem Ruritan Club.

   Survivors include his wife, Betty Duke Baker; three daughters, Mary Frances 
Batts of Cary, N.C., Angela B. Rose of Norfolk and Betty Jean Fowler of 
Suffolk; a son Donald E. Baker of Laurel, Md.; four sisters, hazel B. Hofler 
of Sunbury, N.C., Edith B. Blancard of Hobbsville, N.C., and Wilma B. Williams 
and Minnie B. Baker, both of Norfolk; two brothers, Locke Baker and James 
Baker, both of Tyner; and eight grandchildren.

   The funeral will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hill Funeral Home by 
Dr. Merle Correll.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.

   The family will meet today from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the funeral home, and 
at other times will be at the residence.


George Humphrey BAKER, Jr., teacher & principal, 
Tyner, NC native, d. 8 Mar 1988, Suffolk, age 78, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 10 Mar 1988, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Mar. 9, 1988 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His widow (1929-2014) was buried in Suffolk (R.W. Baker Fun.Home).  It is 
   unclear if she is buried with George, or with her first husband, Roy J. 
   CHRISTLEY, in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Bethlehem list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 


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