Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Roland T., 1982 

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ROLAND TRUITT BAKER

   CAPRON - A funeral service for Roland Truitt Baker, 75, was held at 3 p.m. 
Sunday in Capron Cemetery by the Revs. Russell A. Ford and Randolph Phillips.

   McDowell Funeral Home of Boykins was in charge.

   Pallbearers were: Owen Moore, Baker Moore, William White, Russell White, 
William Baker, Frank Birdsall, Roger Drake and Grove Barrett.

   Baker died Friday in a hospital.

   A native of Capron, he was a deacon and a past Sunday school superintendent 
at Capron Baptist Church.

   He was an Air Force* Veteran of World War II.

   Survivors include his wife, Lucy Britt Baker, and five sisters, Mary Sue 
Baker, Florence Baker and Augusta Baker, all of Capron, Grace Moore of Emporia 
and Eunice Birdsall of Afton.

   Memorial donations may be made to the Capron Rescue Squad or to the Capron 
Baptist Church.


Roland Truitt BAKER, Army Air Corps* veteran of WW-II, 
Capron native, d. 5 Nov 1982, age 75, 
interred in Capron Cemetery**, 7 Nov 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 11, 1982, p. 6A 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

*The Air Force was created from the Army Air Corps after WW-II. 

His parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk.  Photos of their 
   markers are posted with their Find a Grave Memorials, #92444225 & 92444311. 

Roland's Death Certificate, #82-034216, gives his father as William Parley 
   Baker - the name of Roland's brother - but the marker gives only "Parley 
   Baker."  Roland's widow Lucy was the informant. 

Parley's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 29, 1933), with his marriage record & an 
   abstract of his death certificate {all give only "Parley"} is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b260p1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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