This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kkB.2ACE/92.1 Message Board Post: From the Daily Sentinel, 1 Nov 1944: AGED CITIZEN OF DOUGLASS SECTION BURIED TUESDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Baker, of Douglass, were held Tuesday afternoon, October 31, at Friendship cemetery near Cushing, at 3 o'clock, with Rev. A. T. Garrard, pastor of Old North Church, officiating. Mrs. Baker was born at Douglass on March 13th, 1852, and was 92 years, 7 months, 17 days of age at the time of her death. She was reared and educated at Douglass, and was married to Jesse Matterson Baker, on August 4th, 1870. He proceeded her in death some several years. Mrs. Baker was the daughter of William J. Davis, and Sarah Ann Mayfield Davis, a pioneer couple of the Douglass community. She is survived by: One daughter, Mrs. E. J. Rector, Douglass; and three sons, W. H. Baker, Cushing; J. B. Baker, Douglass, Lee Baker, Cushing, and two brothers, George Davis, Davis, Okla., Jim Davis, Nacogdoches, Texas. Mrs. Baker's grandsons acted as pallbearers at the funeral services. She was a lifelong member of the Christian church. All funeral arrangements were under the direction of Cason, Monk & co., Funeral Home.