Funeral Services were held Thursday at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home Chapel for Ova Lea Baker, 70, of Hicks Circle, Clinton. Burial was Friday morning at Tennessee Valley Memory Gardens. The Rev. George Williams officiated.

Mrs. Baker died Wednesday morning at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.

She was born Sept. 24, 1923, in Sylva, NC, to Stiles and Cordelia McCall Crowe. Her husband, Harry Baker, died in 1987.

A homemaker, Mrs. Baker was a member of Second Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and S.J. (Stony) VanHook I I I of Oliver Springs; a son, Larry Baker of Clinton; grandchildren, S.J. (Jay) VanHook I V and Jennifer Lynn VanHook, both of Oliver Springs; mother, Cordelia Crowe of Sylva, and several nieces and nephews.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
30/31 Jan 1994