Nansemond-Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Stuart S., 1956 

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

STUART SIGOURNEY BAKER 

Stuart S. Baker Succumbs at 85 

  Stuart Sigourney Baker, 85-year-old retired railway conductor, died Monday 
at his home in Hollywood, Florida. 

  Mr. Baker, employed for many years by the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was a 
native of Norfolk but had spent most of his life in and around Suffolk.  Since 
his retirement he lived in Florida during the winter months and Newsoms in the 
summer. 

  A veteran of the Spanish American War, he was the son of the late General 
Lawrence [sic; Laurence] S. Baker of the Confederate Army and Elizabeth 
Henderson Baker. 

  Mr. Baker was a member of the Episcopal Church and the Boykins Masonic Lodge. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Wilkins Baker; a son, Frederick 
Stuart Baker, of Miami, Fla.; a grand-nephew, William H. Baker, of Richmond, 
and a grand-niece, Mrs. James E. Crawley of Blackstone. 

  The body will be taken to the Baker Funeral Home, Suffolk.  Funeral services 
will be conducted at St. Paul's Episcopal Church at a time to be announced 
later.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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

STUART S. BAKER 

  Stuart Sigourney Baker, 85, a former resident of Newsoms, died Monday, 
January 9, at Hollywood, Fla. 

  Mr. Baker, a retired railway conductor with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 
had lived in Florida and Newsoms since his retirement, spending about half the 
year in the Florida city. 

  He was the son of the late Gen. Lawrence [sic; Laurence] S. Baker of the 
Confederate Army and Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson Baker.  He was a member of the 
Episcopal Church and the Boykins Masonic Lodge. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Louise Wilkins Baker; a son, Frederick Stuart 
Baker of Miami, Fla.; a grand nephew, William H. Baker of Richmond and a grand 
niece, Mrs. James E. Crawley of Blackstone. 

  Funeral services were conducted at St. Paul's Church, Suffolk, with burial 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Stuart Sigourney BAKER, of Hollywood, FL & Newsoms, 
   retired Seaboard Air Line Railway conductor, Spanish-American War veteran, 
b. Jan 1889, Norfolk, d. 9 Jan 1956, Hollywood, Broward Co., FL, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 9, Wed., Jan. 11, 1956, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 51, No. 13, Thurs., Jan. 12, 1956, 
   Sect. 2, p. 4 

*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 his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #74534743. 

His parents are also buried there. 

His father's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Norfolk Landmark," Apr. 1907) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b260l1ob.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/b260s2ob.txt