Mr. Baker died November 9, 2006 in Tucson, AZ. A former resident of Hardeman County and Michigan, he was the son of the late Elmer Dean Baker and Lena Opal Nixon Baker, who survives. He was a printer and a member of Christ Baptist Church of Dallas, TX.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a daughter Sara Scott of Traverse City, MI; two sisters, Norma Jean Hatfield of Glendale, AZ and Sandra D. Baker of Dearborn Heights, MI; three brothers, Bill of Oakland Township, MI, Roger and Larry Baker both of Dearborn Heights, MI; Three grandchildren.