Obituary

Lucille Alexander Baker
Palestine Herald Press - February 16, 1985

Services for Lucille Baker, 71, will be Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at South Union
Baptist Church with the Rev. T.L. Dilworth officiating. Burial will be in
Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Emanuel Funeral Home. Mrs. Baker
died Saturday at Anderson County Memorial Hospital. She was born March 26, 1913
in Cherokee County, a daughter of the late Paul and Mary Alexander and was a
member of the South Union Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Jim Baker; a daughter, Nancy Enge and a son, Bobby Andrew Dean.
Survivors include two daughters, Annie Hamilton and Barbara Jones of Palestine;
a son, Marcellus Jasper of Palestine; four sisters, Dorothy Alexander of Denver,
Colo., Helen Calloway of Odessa, Pearlene Yarbourgh of East St. Louis, Ill.,
and Mary Williams of LaMarque; five brothers, Marvin Alexander, Slone Alexander
and Lionel Alexander, all of Denver; Fred Alexander of Lemesa and L.C. Alexander
of Chicago; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Condolence calls will
be received at the Masonic Hall, corner of South Jackson and Giraud streets,
after the services.