Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Minnie M. Russell, 1944 

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MINNIE McDOWELL RUSSELL BAKER 

MRS. MINNIE R. BAKER 

   Mrs. Minnie R. Baker, 71, widow of Parley Baker, died at her home in Capron 
Monday morning, March 6, following a long illness. 

   Mrs. Baker was the daughter of the late Fletcher H. and Sarah Susan Russell 
of Gates County, N.C., and is survived by six daughters, Misses Mary Sue and 
Augusta Baker of Capron, Miss Florence Baker of Smithfield, Mrs. F.O. Birdsall 
of Petersburg, Mrs. E.F. White of Richmond and Mrs. Howard D. Moore of 
Emporia; four sons, Otis F. Baker of Portsmouth, William P. Baker of Franklin, 
J. Irving Baker of Capron and Cpl. Roland T. Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.; 12 
grandchildren and one great grandchild.  Three sisters, Mrs. L.A. Rountree and 
Mrs. J.R. Corbitt of Sunbury, N.C.; one brother, Charles F. Russell, of 
Edenton, N.C., and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home by 
the Rev. C. Bailey Jones, assisted by the Rev. R.H. Marks, Rev. L.D. Stables 
and the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin. 

   The casket was covered with a pall of yellow roses, orchids and freshias. 

   Active pallbearers were the sons, sons-in-law and P.W. Smith.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family. 

   Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 


Minnie McDowell (RUSSELL; Mrs. Parley Sr.) BAKER, 
b. 21 Dec 1871*, Gates Co., NC, d. 6 Mar 1944, at home, Capron, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 128*), Suffolk, 9 Mar 1944, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 39, No. 22, Fri., Mar. 17, 1944, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92444311. 

D.Cert. 7551 (Capron #5) gives b. 21 Dec 1872. 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 29, 1933, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b260p1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in the Cross-Hill Cemetery, Sunbury, Gates Co., NC. 

Her father (1836 - 1907) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. B, 6th Batt. NC Infantry. 


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