Verlie Baker
d. October 30, 2008
Ms. Verlie Rose “Bo Pete” Baker age 73 departed this life on Thursday October 30, 2008 in the Oak Tree Hospital in Corbin. She was the daughter of Andrew & Ella (Owens) Baker born to them in Knox County on March 01, 1935. Verlie was a member of the Callahan Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening, sewing, and helping take care of her family and attending church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Andrew & Ella, three brothers Owen Baker, Keith Baker & Elmer Baker, four sisters Marie(Owens) Branstutter, Marie Denney, Elsie Crawford, and Berthal Denney along with one nephew Eddie Owens.
Survivors include three sisters Evelyn Owens & husband James of Barbourville, Ky., Nadine Thomas & husband Al of Ohio, and Bonnie Bailey of Jacksonville, Fla. Twenty-nine nieces & nephews plus a host of other relatives and friends. Special funeral services will be held in the Hampton Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday- November 02, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. with the Callihan Baptist Church conducting full services with the congregation & ministers, Rev. Mike Fuson & Rev. Joe Shields in memory of Verlie “ Bo Pete” Baker who was a longtime member & friend. Interment will be in the Dyer Cemetery at California Hollow with family & friends serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be her neighbors of College Heights and especially “Granny”. The family will receive friends on Saturday evening at the Hampton Funeral Home from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. until the hour of service at 11:00 a.m. In Lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Callihan Baptist Church Youth Group.
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