Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Baker, N. Thomas 149872

Birth: 09/27/1872 Death: 07/22/1954 Marriage: 09/17/1917

Cemetery: Evergreen (16-58-03)

Record Source: The Paris News, Headstone, 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, Thurs, July 22, 1954: “Funeral service for N. T. (Tom) Baker, who died Wednesday, was set for Thursday at 4 p.m. at Fry-Gibbs Chapel, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. James. S. Riley of First Baptist Church has charge, pallbearers were Gurney Crumley, Leon Hodges, Everett Billingsley, Frank Crain, Lewis Nix and Dr. A. L. Jones. For many years employed as bookkeeper for the old Johnson-Billingsley Hardware Company here, Mr. Baker had been ill some time. He died at home, 1317 Bonham St., Wednesday at 10 a.m. Mr. Baker leaves his wife, the former Miss Katie Davis, whom he married Sept. 17, 1917, and two children, Tom Baker, Jr., and Mrs. Glenn Philips, both of Plainview; three grandchildren and two brothers, John S. Baker, Paris, and Him Baker, San Antonio. Mr. Baker was born in Mississippi Sept. 27, 1872, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thomas Baker, Sr. The family came to Texas in 1886, setttling in Lamar County, and Mr. Baker had lived in Paris since 1889. He was employed as a bookkeeper most of the time, and was active in First Baptist Church, of which he was a member, as long as his health permitted.” Submitted by Carol Campbell.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: N T Baker
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Jul 1954
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Mississippi
Father’s Name: N T Baker
Certificate Number: 34990
GS Film number: 2114216
Digital Folder Number: 005145240
Image Number: 02725
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Q6-7MH : 13 March 2018), N T Baker in entry for N T Baker, 21 Jul 1954; citing certificate number 34990, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,216.

On the same stone with Katie A. Baker. Tombstone is inscribed with years of birth and death only.

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