A former resident of 428 Highland Drive in Clinton, Margaret Ethel baker, 80, of Oak Ridge Retirement Center, died Monday at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She lived in Clinton about 30 years.

Mrs. Baker was born Dec. 18, 1912, in Roane County to Thomas Abraham and Allie Mae Martin Carter. She retired from the Y-12 Plant of Union Carbide Corp. after 34 years service in the chemical services division.

She was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Clinton.

Her husband was the late Homer Curl Baker. The couple enjoyed traveling in the United States and she had made many trips to different parts of the world. Photography was another interest.

Survivors include a stepson, Harold Baker and his wife, Evelyn, of Phoenix, Ariz.; sisters, Elena Strasser and her husband, Joseph, of Nashville; Ruth Rosenthal and her husband, Ben, of Clarksville; Madge Hamby of Florence, Ala.; stepgrandsons, Danny Baker of Oklahoma; Terry Baker and Keith Baker of Knoxville; nieces, Audrey Clark of Lenoir City; Karen Cook of Ionia, Mich.; nephew, Tom Carter Gouge of Ionia, Mich.

Memorial services will be tonight (Wednesday) at 8:30 pm at Weatherford Mortuary with the Rev. Glenn Patterson officiating. The family asks that any memorials be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church Building Fund, 252 North Main Street, Clinton, TN 37716..

Source:
Clinton Courier News
3 March 1993