James M. "Jimmy" Baker Jr.

BAKER KERNERSVILLE - James M. "Jimmy" Baker Jr., 77, went home to be with his mother on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. He was retired after 33 years of service that started with United Telephone Co. in Kernersville. He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Tingen Baker. He also was preceded in death by his sisters, Janie Sue and Juanita. Survivors include his wife, Hallie Overbey Baker of the home; daughter Diane Spaugh and husband Eddy of Swansboro; two sons, Leon Baker and wife Suzan of Winston-Salem and Don Baker of Georgetown, S.C.; grandchildren Shawn Baker, Glenn Howard and Dustin and Ashley Spaugh; great-grandchildren Courtney Baker and Savannah Howard; sisters Cornelia Herring of Burlington and Carolyn York of Whitsett; and brothers William Eugene "Cook" Baker and Harvey Baker, both of Burlington, and Nathan Baker of High Point. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the Chapel of the Eastlawn Gardens of Memory Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from noon until the time of the service at the chapel at Eastlawn Gardens of Memory. Online condolences may be made to the Baker family at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com.