This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LAWSON, BOWEN, BAKER, KEAN, ANDERSON, LUCAS, MEAD, WILKINSON, DODSON, LACHANCE, DECLUE, PEEBLES Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4043 Message Board Post: Lillian Violet Baker departed this life Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at the Georgian Gardens Nursing Home in Potosi at the age of 74 years and 13 days. She was born August 4, 1931 at Sawmill Town, Missouri, a daughter of the late James Ivory and Lottie Mae (Lawson) Bowen. In addition to her parents, Lillian was preceded in death by a son, David Verlin Benson; two brothers, Ernest and Willie Bowen and two sisters, Myrtle Kean and Ruby Anderson. Those who remain to mourn her passing are her loving and devoted husband, Alvin Baker of Mineral Point; four daughters, Phyllis Lucas and husband Stanley of Potosi, Debbie Lawson and husband Bryan of Mineral Point, Bonnie Mead and husband Chris of Salisbury, North Carolina, and Shelia Ann Baker of Mineral Point; two sons, Roger Benson and wife Janet of Potosi, and Danny Benson and wife Shana of Springfield, West Virginia; five sisters, Ruth Wilkinson of Potosi, Delores Dodson and husband Curt of Van Buren, Arkansas, Edna LaChance and husband Hubert of Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois, Loretta DeClue of Mineral Point, and Hazel Peebles of Crystal City; a brother, Buddy Bowen and wife Ellen of Potosi; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20, 2005 at Britton Chapel, Potosi with Rev. Jim Wade officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Chris Mead, Pete Mead, Marshall Mead, Robert Benson, Doug Benson, and Scott Lucas. Interment and final prayers were held at the graveside in the New Diggins Cemetery, Potosi. All arrangements were entrusted to the care of Britton Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, August 25, 2005