St. Clair County Obits

VIRGINIA L. BAKER

St. Clair County Courier
4 March 2005
Virginia Lee Baker, was born Aug. 31, 1943, in Jamesport, the third of six
children, to George Marvin and Eva Lauvaughn Davis Cox. She passed away
Feb. 20, in Preston.
On Jan. 6, 1959, she was united in marriage to Glenn Lewis Baker and to
this union six children were born.
Virginia was preceded in death by her father; two brothers, Gene Cox and
Dan Cox; a son, Lewis Lee; and a grandson, Joshua.
She is survived by her close companion, Bernard Heard of the home; her
mother, Eva L. Ofield, Preston; her children, Calvin and Tina Baker,
Osceola, Ricky and Sarah Baker, Sedalia, Rex and Kay Baker, Commerce, Ga.,
Gordon Baker, Osceola, Glenda Dean, Osceola; grandchildren; one great
grandchild; two sisters, Ruth Wear, Sheridan, Ark., and Dorothy Shuman,
Haiti; one brother, Charles Cox, Wyoming; a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Sheldon-Goodrich
Funeral Chapel, Osceola, with Greg Mangum officiating.
Music selections were "Just Beyond the Moon", "Lord, Build Me a Cabin" and
"Even the Winds Whisper His Name".
Casketbearers were Calvin Baker, Kevin Wisner, Tony Scherk, Noble Shelton,
Junior Mawhiney, Gordon Baker and Joe Crawford.
Burial was in the Crutsinger Cemetery under the direction of
Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.