Chester "Chet" Baird, 58, of 1977 Oakridge Drive, died Sunday in General Division, CAMC, after a short illness. He was manager of the Charleston District office of the Federal Aviation Administration. He was the 1987 winner of the FAA Eastern Region First-Line award and was an honorary member of the Mountaineer Soaring Association. He was an Air Force veteran and a Protestant. He was formerly of Norridgewock, Maine, and moved to Charleston in 1979. Surviving: wife, Beverly Gilbert Baird; sons, Chris of Atlanta, Ga., Alan of Hollywood, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. Edith Blake, Mrs. Freda Dunlap and Mrs. Afton Hayden, of Norridgewock; brothers, Harley of Sultan, Wash., Clyde of Colorado Springs, Colo., Maynard of Billings, Mont., Linwood of Cheyenne, Wyo. Service will be 6 p.m. Tuesday in Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home. There will be no visitation. The family suggests donations be made to the American Heart Association.
--Published in the Charleston Daily Mail [WV] on Monday, August 3, 1987:
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--Published in the Charleston Daily Mail [WV] on Monday, August 3, 1987:
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Chester "Chet" Baird, 58, of 1977 Oakridge Drive, died Sunday in General Division, CAMC, after a short illness. He was manager of the Charleston District office of the Federal Aviation Administration. He was the 1987 winner of the FAA Eastern Region First-Line award and was an honorary member of the Mountaineer Soaring Association. He was an Air Force veteran and a Protestant. He was formerly of Norridgewock, Maine, and moved to Charleston in 1979. Surviving: wife, Beverly Gilbert Baird; sons, Chris of Atlanta, Ga., Alan of Hollywood, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. Edith Blake, Mrs. Freda Dunlap and Mrs. Afton Hayden, of Norridgewock; brothers, Harley of Sultan, Wash., Clyde of Colorado Springs, Colo., Maynard of Billings, Mont., Linwood of Cheyenne, Wyo. Service will be 6 p.m. Tuesday in Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home. There will be no visitation. The family suggests donations be made to the American Heart Association.
--Published in the Charleston Daily Mail [WV] on Monday, August 3, 1987:
http://www.wvgazettemail.com
--Published in the Charleston Daily Mail [WV] on Monday, August 3, 1987:
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CHESTER A BAIRD, SGT US AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, JUN 3 1929 - AUG 2, 1987
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