Services for Dr. Brandt LaRue Baker Sr., of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel in Brookhaven with burial in Riverwood Memorial Park.
Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Dr. Baker, 77, died Oct. 5, 2009, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La. He was born on Dec. 21, 1931, to Edwin Oliver Baker and Alice Gabriel Baret Baker.
His childhood home was in the Johnston Station community. He graduated from Johnston Station High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He continued his education at Mississippi State University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial education. Dr. Baker received his doctorate degree in dental surgery from the University of Tennessee in 1960. He practiced dentistry for 35 years in Brookhaven. Dr. Baker was a member of First Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World, Lions Club, the Mississippi Dental Association and the American Dental Association. Not only did he serve his country in the U.S. Air Force, he also served his community as a Boy Scouts leader and as a youth boys Sunday school teacher.
Dr. Baker enjoyed traveling with his wife and a close circle of friends. He continued lifelong relations with his many friends and classmates. In addition to his passion for the practice of dentistry, he also enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking and cooking. His life's happiness and fulfillment was found in his endless love for and dedication to his family as a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Frances Ann Reeves Baker; his brothers, Ed Baker and LeVeq Baker; and a sister, Dolores Barnett.
Survivors are his sons, LaRue Baker and wife, Sue Martin Baker and Mac L. Baker and wife, Amy Batson Baker, all of Brookhaven; a daughter, Ann Baker Sparks and husband, Darryl, of Memphis, Tenn.; his brothers, King Baker and wife, Martha, of Summit, and Dal Baker and wife, Polly, of Jena, La.; a sister, Alice Soileau and husband, Joe, of Jena; a brother-in-law, Delbert Barnett; a sister-in-law, Marjorie Baker, of Brookhaven; his three grandchildren, Brandi Baker Day and husband, Ryan, of Brookhaven, Brandon Baker and wife, Katie Rogers Baker, of Oxford, and Jake Baker, of Brookhaven; his three great-grandchildren, Brant, Roland and Laren Day; and his lifelong friend and housekeeper, Sadie Mae Dickey.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 589, Brookhaven, MS 39602.
Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Dr. Baker, 77, died Oct. 5, 2009, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La. He was born on Dec. 21, 1931, to Edwin Oliver Baker and Alice Gabriel Baret Baker.
His childhood home was in the Johnston Station community. He graduated from Johnston Station High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He continued his education at Mississippi State University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial education. Dr. Baker received his doctorate degree in dental surgery from the University of Tennessee in 1960. He practiced dentistry for 35 years in Brookhaven. Dr. Baker was a member of First Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World, Lions Club, the Mississippi Dental Association and the American Dental Association. Not only did he serve his country in the U.S. Air Force, he also served his community as a Boy Scouts leader and as a youth boys Sunday school teacher.
Dr. Baker enjoyed traveling with his wife and a close circle of friends. He continued lifelong relations with his many friends and classmates. In addition to his passion for the practice of dentistry, he also enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking and cooking. His life's happiness and fulfillment was found in his endless love for and dedication to his family as a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Frances Ann Reeves Baker; his brothers, Ed Baker and LeVeq Baker; and a sister, Dolores Barnett.
Survivors are his sons, LaRue Baker and wife, Sue Martin Baker and Mac L. Baker and wife, Amy Batson Baker, all of Brookhaven; a daughter, Ann Baker Sparks and husband, Darryl, of Memphis, Tenn.; his brothers, King Baker and wife, Martha, of Summit, and Dal Baker and wife, Polly, of Jena, La.; a sister, Alice Soileau and husband, Joe, of Jena; a brother-in-law, Delbert Barnett; a sister-in-law, Marjorie Baker, of Brookhaven; his three grandchildren, Brandi Baker Day and husband, Ryan, of Brookhaven, Brandon Baker and wife, Katie Rogers Baker, of Oxford, and Jake Baker, of Brookhaven; his three great-grandchildren, Brant, Roland and Laren Day; and his lifelong friend and housekeeper, Sadie Mae Dickey.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 589, Brookhaven, MS 39602.
Services for Dr. Brandt LaRue Baker Sr., of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel in Brookhaven with burial in Riverwood Memorial Park.
Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Dr. Baker, 77, died Oct. 5, 2009, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La. He was born on Dec. 21, 1931, to Edwin Oliver Baker and Alice Gabriel Baret Baker.
His childhood home was in the Johnston Station community. He graduated from Johnston Station High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He continued his education at Mississippi State University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial education. Dr. Baker received his doctorate degree in dental surgery from the University of Tennessee in 1960. He practiced dentistry for 35 years in Brookhaven. Dr. Baker was a member of First Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World, Lions Club, the Mississippi Dental Association and the American Dental Association. Not only did he serve his country in the U.S. Air Force, he also served his community as a Boy Scouts leader and as a youth boys Sunday school teacher.
Dr. Baker enjoyed traveling with his wife and a close circle of friends. He continued lifelong relations with his many friends and classmates. In addition to his passion for the practice of dentistry, he also enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking and cooking. His life's happiness and fulfillment was found in his endless love for and dedication to his family as a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Frances Ann Reeves Baker; his brothers, Ed Baker and LeVeq Baker; and a sister, Dolores Barnett.
Survivors are his sons, LaRue Baker and wife, Sue Martin Baker and Mac L. Baker and wife, Amy Batson Baker, all of Brookhaven; a daughter, Ann Baker Sparks and husband, Darryl, of Memphis, Tenn.; his brothers, King Baker and wife, Martha, of Summit, and Dal Baker and wife, Polly, of Jena, La.; a sister, Alice Soileau and husband, Joe, of Jena; a brother-in-law, Delbert Barnett; a sister-in-law, Marjorie Baker, of Brookhaven; his three grandchildren, Brandi Baker Day and husband, Ryan, of Brookhaven, Brandon Baker and wife, Katie Rogers Baker, of Oxford, and Jake Baker, of Brookhaven; his three great-grandchildren, Brant, Roland and Laren Day; and his lifelong friend and housekeeper, Sadie Mae Dickey.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 589, Brookhaven, MS 39602.
Visitation is Wednesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Dr. Baker, 77, died Oct. 5, 2009, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La. He was born on Dec. 21, 1931, to Edwin Oliver Baker and Alice Gabriel Baret Baker.
His childhood home was in the Johnston Station community. He graduated from Johnston Station High School and attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He continued his education at Mississippi State University, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial education. Dr. Baker received his doctorate degree in dental surgery from the University of Tennessee in 1960. He practiced dentistry for 35 years in Brookhaven. Dr. Baker was a member of First Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World, Lions Club, the Mississippi Dental Association and the American Dental Association. Not only did he serve his country in the U.S. Air Force, he also served his community as a Boy Scouts leader and as a youth boys Sunday school teacher.
Dr. Baker enjoyed traveling with his wife and a close circle of friends. He continued lifelong relations with his many friends and classmates. In addition to his passion for the practice of dentistry, he also enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking and cooking. His life's happiness and fulfillment was found in his endless love for and dedication to his family as a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Frances Ann Reeves Baker; his brothers, Ed Baker and LeVeq Baker; and a sister, Dolores Barnett.
Survivors are his sons, LaRue Baker and wife, Sue Martin Baker and Mac L. Baker and wife, Amy Batson Baker, all of Brookhaven; a daughter, Ann Baker Sparks and husband, Darryl, of Memphis, Tenn.; his brothers, King Baker and wife, Martha, of Summit, and Dal Baker and wife, Polly, of Jena, La.; a sister, Alice Soileau and husband, Joe, of Jena; a brother-in-law, Delbert Barnett; a sister-in-law, Marjorie Baker, of Brookhaven; his three grandchildren, Brandi Baker Day and husband, Ryan, of Brookhaven, Brandon Baker and wife, Katie Rogers Baker, of Oxford, and Jake Baker, of Brookhaven; his three great-grandchildren, Brant, Roland and Laren Day; and his lifelong friend and housekeeper, Sadie Mae Dickey.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 589, Brookhaven, MS 39602.
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