Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Junius A., 1927 

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JUNIUS ADOLPHUS BAKER

   Junius Adolphus Baker, age 72 years, died at 8:45 o’clock yesterday 
morning, in the home of his brother-in-law, J.A. Bowdens, 1914 Elm Avenue, 
after an illness of five months.  He was stricken with paralysis five months 
ago today, and had been a constant but patient sufferer since.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lorena Baker, who before marriage was 
Miss Lorena Skinner, of Nansemond County.  He also leaves two sons, Richard 
Lemuel Baker and Oscar James Baker, Portsmouth; two daughters went before him, 
their names were Misses Eva Lee and Iola May Baker.  He is also survived by 
one brother and two sisters, O.L. Baker, and Mrs. L.L. Williams, of Suffolk, 
and Mrs. E.M. Harrell of Portsmouth; one nephew, Emmet Harrell, of Portsmouth; 
one niece, Mrs. F.O. Simpson, of Norfolk, and two grandchildren, Robert Lemuel 
and Eva Lee Baker, besides hosts of friends

   He was born in Nansemond county, near Liberty Spring Church, of which he 
and his wife were members until he came of Portsmouth eight years ago.  He had 
been a member and a deacon of Elm Avenue Christian Church for the past six 
years.

   Funeral services will be conducted in Liberty Spring Church, Tuesday 
afternoon at 2 o’clock.


Junius Adolphus BAKER, retired farmer, 
b. Apr 1855, d. 1927, Portsmouth, age 72, 
funeral, Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*He does not appear on the list of interments at Liberty Spring, 
   an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

The (donated, 1942) obit of his widow, "Rena" Lorena V. (SKINNER) BAKER, 
   indicates that she was buried in a family cemetery; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b260l2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b260j2ob.txt