Photo courtesy of Parrish Funeral Home - Selma
Smithfield, North Carolina
1927 - 2018
Kenneth Bryan Baker was born February 12, 1927 in Smithfield, North Carolina, the youngest of six children of Levi Cicero (L.C.) Baker and Nettie Johnson Baker. After graduating from Smithfield High School in 1944, at age 17 he volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy, where he served...
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Mrs. Eva Baker, his wife, has sung in the Chancel Choir for 70 years at Centenary UMC, Smithfield, N.C. Giving the gift of music at church, she makes us joyful! Her husband was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, so I happened to think of both of them today, my neighbors. God bless America!
Elizabeth Anne Temple, M.M.
July 06, 2022 | Smithfield, NC | Neighbor
His wife, Mrs. Eva Baker, is a wonderful and kind neighbor. She has sung in the Chancel Choir at Centenary UMC in Smithfield for 70 years! Giving the gift of music at church, she made us joyful!
Elizabeth Temple
July 06, 2022 | Smithfield, NC | Neighbor
FayeBobby Brown
February 16, 2018 | Pine Level, NC
Remembering the family in prayer. Blessings.
Monnie Johnson Thompson
February 15, 2018 | Smithfield, NC
"Miss Eva" and Family - We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. We love you. "Mr. Kenneth" will be missed and remembered. All our love - The Kiser Family
Chris, Sonya, Noah, and Nathan
February 14, 2018 | Smithfield, NC
Many blessings to Mr. Baker's family. He was a great man to have known. I met him at the courthouse at the Register of Deeds office. He always came in with a smile. May God continue to be a Comfoter to you.
Clarry Gathers
February 13, 2018 | Four Oaks, NC
Dear Baker family:
Sorry to learn of the passing of Kenneth Baker, an influential presence in my life while working for him at Underwood, but also well beyond in our regular communications during college and in other settings. Sorry I could not attend the services today, but my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. So many memories, all wonderful, from watermelons in the breezeway on summer afternoons to 8-track tapes by the thousands to grass cutting and painting at the...
Tim Pittman
February 13, 2018 | Raleigh, NC
Beth Cannon
February 13, 2018 | Selma, NC
Dennis and Deborah Sullivan
February 12, 2018 | Princeton NC 27569