Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Robert N. Sr., 1940 

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R. N. BAKER, SR., DIES SUDDENLY 

  Robert Newton Baker, Sr., 65, one of Suffolk's most prominent citizens and 
member of one of the oldest business firms of the city, died suddenly Monday 
morning at 6:15 o'clock of a heart attack at his home, 118 St. James avenue. 
Mr. Baker was in the act of dressing when he was stricken, and lived only a 
minute. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Ames Baker; a son, Robert Newton Baker, 
Jr.; a brother, V. Lynn Baker, and two sisters. Mrs. Blanche Baker Bunting and 
Mrs. Susie Baker Vanderslice, all of Suffolk.  Funeral services were held at 
the home on St. James avenue on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock and burial was 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Dr. A.L. Franklin, pastor of Main Street 
Methodist Church, officiating.



Robert Newton BAKER, Sr., funeral director, 
b. 29 Oct 1875, Suffolk, d. 22 Apr 1940, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 47*), Suffolk, 24 Apr 2000, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 21, No. 4, Apr. 25, 1940, p. 1. col. 2 

*His parents, Robert W. & Sarah I. (SMITH) BAKER, are also buried there; 
   his in-laws, John W. Jr. & Frances C. (MIARS) AMES, in Block H, Lot 44. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 


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