Herbert J. Baker

Mr. Herbert J. Baker, 83, of 901 Nance Street, Kannapolis, died Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 21, 2004, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Tim Jernigan and Mr. Baker's son, Jerry H. Baker, will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born January 3, 1921, in West Jefferson, NC, he was a son of the late Linny McKinley Baker and Bertha Phillips Baker. Mr. Baker was a US Army veteran of World War II. He had lived in this area most of his life and retired 22 years ago from the Internal Revenue Service in Charlotte. He was a member of Franklin Heights Baptist Church where he was a deacon and previously served as church treasurer. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Doylen Walsh Baker; a son, Jerry H. Baker and his wife, Cassandra, of Atlanta, Georgia; a sister, Lois Wetter of Kannapolis; a brother, Dr. Linny M. Baker of Concord; two grandchildren, Josephine Davidson Baker of Washington, DC and Martin Marshall Baker and his wife, Jennifer, of Atlanta, Georgia; and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hospice of Cabarrus County, PO Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026 or Franklin Heights Baptist Church, 526 Wright Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.