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In Memory of
Stella Hill
Baker
Baker
1919 - 2019
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Obituary for Stella Hill Baker
Stella Hill Baker died on December 3, 2019 at the age of 100. Born in 1919 in Ellisville, MS, she was the sixth of eight children of Luther and Luna Smith Hill. She and Percy Baker married in 1943, and settled in Starkville in 1948 where they raised their four children. Stella was a homemaker, an accomplished pianist, gardener and cook and an enthusiastic fan of Mississippi State sports, and the Atlanta Braves.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years, Percy Jackson Baker, her son Robert (Bobby) Baker, her sister and her six brothers.
She leaves her daughters Betty (Newton) Cole of San Antonio, TX, Mary Lynn (Jimmy) Ball of Calhoun City, MS, Ann (Dean) Morrison of Madison, MS. She also leaves her grandchildren Mark (Iris) Cole of Kyle, TX, Jeffrey (Elizabeth) Cole of Leander, TX, Sharon (Craig)) Dooley of Slidell, LA, Cameron (Emily) Peyton of Cabot, AR, and Taylor (Troy) Strunk of Fairhope, AL, and ten great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 1 p.m. followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Welch Funeral Home.
In Lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to MSU Bulldog Club, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (mpb.org), or Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years, Percy Jackson Baker, her son Robert (Bobby) Baker, her sister and her six brothers.
She leaves her daughters Betty (Newton) Cole of San Antonio, TX, Mary Lynn (Jimmy) Ball of Calhoun City, MS, Ann (Dean) Morrison of Madison, MS. She also leaves her grandchildren Mark (Iris) Cole of Kyle, TX, Jeffrey (Elizabeth) Cole of Leander, TX, Sharon (Craig)) Dooley of Slidell, LA, Cameron (Emily) Peyton of Cabot, AR, and Taylor (Troy) Strunk of Fairhope, AL, and ten great grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 1 p.m. followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Welch Funeral Home.
In Lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to MSU Bulldog Club, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (mpb.org), or Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS.
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