Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Baker, John Wesley 149845

Birth: 08/06/1872 Death: 10/15/1954 Marriage:

Cemetery: Evergreen (19-73-02)

Record Source: Headstone, The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Friday, October 15, 1954, p. 2: “John W. Baker - John W. Baker, 72, died at 12:20 p. m. Friday at his home, 1919 E. Cherry, where he had been ill for some time. He was a retired furniture dealer. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending the arrival of his sons from Los Angeles, Calif. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Clarence E. Saint, minister of First Christian Church, at Roden & Sons Funeral chapel, with interment at Evergreen Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Irene Taylor Baker of Paris, and three sons. Harry Baker, Leslie Baker and Lewis Baker, all of Los Angeles, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.”

THE PARIS NEWS Monday, October 18, 1954, p.2. “Baker Pallbearers. Pallbearers at the funeral of John W. Baker, 82, of 1919 E. Cherry St., Monday at Gene Roden & Sons chapel, were Fred Myres, Dorcy Mackey, Allie O’Brien, Joe Tom Hill, Henry Crenshaw and Gill Biggers. Burial was made in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Baker, former Furniture store operator and dry goods salesman, died at home here Friday.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: John Wesley Baker
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Oct 1954
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1872
Birthplace: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 56215
GS Film number: 2114284
Digital Folder Number: 005145262
Image Number: 00467
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QG-7ZV : 13 March 2018), John Wesley Baker, 15 Oct 1954; citing certificate number 56215, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,284.

On the same stone with Annie Minter Baker.

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