Henry Baker was born June 06, 1895 in Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tennessee, and died December 23, 1950 in Waco,McLennan Co.,Texas. He married Bertha Mae Plemons December 28, 1913 in McGregor, McLennan co., Texas, daughter of John Plemons and Kisiah Hackney. She was born August 11, 1895 in Crawford, McLennan Co., Texas, and died April 15, 1938 in Crawford, McLennan Co., Texas.
Waco Times-Herald December 23, 1950
TWO KILLED BY CAR HERE
Two persons, a man and a woman, were killed early Saturday morning in an automobile-pedestrian accident in the 1200 Block of LaSalle Street.
Dead were Henry Baker, 56, a civilian employee at Fort Hood who was spending the Christmas holidays with children in Waco, and a woman tentatively identified as Mrs. Gaye Perry Chapman, about 50, address unknown.
Walter L. Miller, 17, of 1912 Burnett Avenue, told police officers Louis Seeley and E.L. Harris that he was driving west on LaSalle and that the man and the woman entered the street from behind a truck and walked into the path of his automobile.
Both were dead on arrival at Hillcrest hospital, were they were taken by a Waco funeral home ambulance.
There deaths brought this years total within the county to 39 and to 6 within the city limits.
Funeral arrangements for both have not been completed.
Baker is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pat Richards, 1516 Mitchell Avenue, in whose home he was visiting. Five sons. R.B. Baker of 1916 Pine, Melvin Baker of 1516 Mitchell Avenue, Roy(sic) Baker of 1618 South Fourth, Howard Baker of Shelbyville, Tennessee and J.W. Baker stationed with the army in San Antonio in San Antonio, and two other daughters, Miss Norma Jean Baker, 1516 Mitchell Avenue and Mrs. Victor Queen of Loving New Mexico.
Waco Tribune Herald Sunday December 24, 1950
HENRY BAKER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Funeral services for Henry Baker, 55, of Fort Hood and father of five Wacoans will be held at the Shilo Church Sunday at 3. P.M.
Reverend W.W. Magness will officiate assisted by Rev. Roy L. Smith. Burial will be in the Crawford Cemetery.
Mr. Baker died in a local hospital at 5 P.M. Saturday.
Survivors are: five sons; R.B. Baker, E.R. Baker and Melvin Baker all of Waco, J.W. Baker of San Antonio, Howard Baker of Shelbyville, Tennessee; three daughters, Mrs. Pat Richards and Miss Norma Jean Baker both of Waco and Mrs. Victor Queen of Loving New Mexico; three brothers, Sam Baker of Shelbyville Tennessee, Leonard Baker and John Baker both of Crawford; two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Henley, Deckard Tennessee and Mrs. Martha Dodson of Henshaw Tennessee
Sources: Lynett Baker Richards; Social Security Card Application for Henry Baker; Obituaries, death certificates, marriage record and 1920 census.
Waco Sunday Tribune April 17, 1938
Funeral Services for Mrs. Bertha Baker, 42, who died at a local hospital at 3:50 P.M. Saturday will be held at Crawford Cemetery at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, Comptons in charge. Surviving are her husband Henry Baker; five sons Howard of Fort Worth, William, Benjamin, Elford Ray, and Melvin all of McGregor; three daughters Mrs. Victor Queen of New Mexico, Misses Lynett and Norma Jean Baker both of McGregor; two sisters Miss Nettie Plemons and Mrs. Haywood Thompson both of Waco; five brothers Henry Plemons of Hamlin, Walter Plemons of Fort Worth, Mack Plemons of Crawford, Will Cole of Fort Worth and Carl Cole of Grandview and her step father J.N. Cole of Waco
More About Bertha Mae Plemons:
Medical Information: Death certificate says she died of Small Pox(?). Her daughter Lynett says she died from Brights disease, which is a disease of the kidneys.
