BAKER, Grace 1892 - 1980

BAKER, TUCKER, MOORMAN, MURPHY, WHITTEN, ANCELL, STEWART

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/6/2012 at 15:42:43

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, March 26, 1980

Grace BAKER

PACKWOOD-- Grace MURPHY BAKER, 87, of Packwood, died Tuesday, 11:40 a.m., at Jefferson County Hospital.

Services will be Friday, 1:30 p.m., at Raymond Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Harbour officiating. Burial will be in Packwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, 7 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mrs. BAKER was born Oct. 12, 1892 in Jefferson County near Brookville, the daughter of John Allen and Minerva TUCKER MOORMAN. She lived her entire life in the Packwood and Brookville communities, graduating from Packwood schools.

She married John Edward MURPHY June 16, 1920. He died Aug. 5, 1931. She married Samuel (Frank) BAKER April 6, 1971. He died Aug. 21, 1976. She was a school bus driver for Packwood Consolidated Schools for 15 years. She was a member of Packwood United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.

Surviving are two daughters, Henrietta WHITTEN, Packwood, Winifred ANCELL, Burlington; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; one stepdaughter, Eloise STEWART, Fairfield; three stepsons, Keith and Kenneth BAKER, both of Fairfield and George BAKER, Washington; 13 stepgrandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren.

An infant daughter preceded her in death.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: First husband John E. 'Tim' MURPHY is also buried in Packwood; second husband Samuel is in Antioch Cemetery with his first wife.