Don Baker

Visitation:
Sunday, December 18, 2005
2:00 PM until 4:00 PM


Visitation:
Monday, December 19, 2005
6:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Red Oak Funeral Chapel
120 N. Hwy. 342
Red Oak, TX 75154
Service:
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
10:00 AM
Red Oak Funeral Home
120 N. Hwy. 342
Red Oak, TX 75154

Don Lee Baker, age 71
December 22, 1933
December 15, 2005


Mr. Baker passed away Thursday morning at his Red Oak residence. He was born in Yukon, OK. to Amon B. and Jessie Marie (Thompson) Baker. He served in the US Navy for eleven years. Mr. Baker was married to Catherine L. Everett. He was an aircraft mechanic for LTV, Braniff Airlines and K. C. Aviation. He was a member of the Heritage Baptist Church in Waxahachie.

His survivors include: his wife, Cathy Baker of Red Oak; son and daughter-in-law, Douglas and Robin Baker of Midlothian; daughters and sons-in-law, Donita and Robert Potts of Richardson, and Diane and Todd Zimmerman of Red Oak; grandchildren, Melissa and Tommy Baker of Arkansas, Bobby, Christopher and Chelsea Zimmerman of Red Oak, Pasha, Natasha, Masha and Dima Potts of Richardson; great granddaughter, Jordan Baker of Little Rock, AR.; brother, Frank Everett and family of Piedmont, OK.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Kem and John Betts and Nita Bryant, all of Mineola, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson, William Baker

The family will receive friends and relatives 2-4 PM Sunday and 6-8 PM Monday at the Red Oak Funeral Chapel. The Celebration of his Life will be 10 AM Tuesday, December 20, 2005 also in the Red Oak Chapel. Interment will follow at 12:45 PM in the DFW National Cemetery, Dallas.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Red Oak Funeral Home.
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