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Mildred Leona
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1922 - 2018

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Obituary for Mildred Leona Baker (Thomas)

Mildred Leona Thomas Baker

ALBA – Funeral services for Mildred Leona Thomas Baker, 95, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, June 28, 2018, at Parkland Baptist Church, Clovis, New Mexico, with Pastor Wayne Boydstun officiating, under the direction of Steed-Todd Funeral Home, Clovis, New Mexico.
Burial will be at Lawn Haven Cemetery, Clovis, New Mexico.
Mrs. Baker passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Home Place Hospice in Tyler, Texas. Mildred was born October 27, 1922, in Bristow, Oklahoma, to C.E. “Bud” Thomas and Leona Tate Thomas. Her family moved to Clovis, New Mexico, when Mildred was in grade school. Mildred accepted Christ as her Savior and was baptized on May 15, 1932, and became a member of First Baptist Church of Clovis at that time. She graduated from Clovis High School in 1939 and married Archie Baker in December of 1940. They lived in the Ranchvale community where Mildred was active in the Ranchvale Baptist Church and the Curry County Extension Club. From 1950-1960 she worked at Cannon Air Force Base at the base supply office. Mildred taught Sunday School for over 25 years. She was active in the Pilot Club of Clovis for many years. In 2013 she moved to Alba, Texas, to be near family and became a member of First Baptist Church of Alba.
She is survived by her daughter Darla Blair; five grandchildren, Dana (Ken) Donahue, Del (Darla) Blair, Dwayne (Kim) Baker, Cindy (Jackie) Baker and Sherry Chaparro; twelve great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Archie Baker; sons, Darrell Baker and Dennis Baker; son-in-law Keith Blair; sisters Lucille Matlock, Clodie Armstrong Hurley and Rosalie Cook White.
Visitation will be at Wilson Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, on Monday, June 25, 2018 from 6-8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to First Baptist Church Alba Building Fund or New Mexico Baptist Childrens Home, Portales, New Mexico.
Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home
300 W. Holley Street, P.O. Box 380
Alba, Texas 75410
903-765-2311

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