Hattie Bentley Baker

1907 - 2010

Hattie Bentley Baker, a longtime Fort Worth resident, passed away at the age of 103 in her own home surrounded by many of her family Friday, Oct. 7, 2010. Funeral: 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Lucas Sylvania Funeral Home Chapel with grandson, Forrest Pennington officiating. Interment: Following a committal service in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hattie will be laid to rest beside her husband, Forrest Baker, who passed away in 1958. Visitation: The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Lucas Sylvania Funeral Home. Hattie was born Sept. 19, 1907, in Lois to CE and Gracie Bentley. She graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1928 and married Forrest M. Baker that year. They had two children, Grace K. and Bert Baker. Hattie was number 10 of 12 children; all including spouses have preceded her in death. In her life, spanning over a century, she not only was a homemaker but had varied careers, including teaching, accounting, operating several family-owned movie theaters during the Depression and helped build bombers for the war effort in World War II. Hattie was a member of the Heritage Church of Christ. She was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, Boyce Pennington. Survivors: Daughter, Grace Pennington; son, Bert Baker and wife, Amelia; grandchildren, Clara, Forrest, Elizabeth, Hattie, Virginia and Madeline; six great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.