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Geraldine "Gerri" Baker

1935 - 2020

Geraldine "Gerri" Baker obituary, 1935-2020, Chester, WV

BORN

1935

DIED

2020

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Nixon Funeral Home

614 Washington St

Newell, West Virginia

Geraldine Baker Obituary

Geraldine "Gerri" Baker, 84, of Chester, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019.
Born in Sterrett, Alabama on May 4, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Leles and Annie (Partridge) Davis.
Gerri was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Weirton American Legion and a member of the Wesleyan Church of Weirton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Baker; a granddaughter, Angela Harvey; a son, Michael Baker; two sisters, Louise Allen and Sarah Brasher; and a brother, Dwight Davis.
She is survived by her husband, Charles "Joe" Baker of Chester; three daughters, Deborah (Chad) Black, Donna (Bob) Mayhew and Teresa (Joe) Byard all of New Cumberland; five grandchildren, James, Heather (Rob), Mark (Janna), Tracy (Shawn) and Kyle (Ashley); ten great-grandchildren, Ein, Chance, Joshlynn, Braden, Alex, Collin, Zoe, Cohen, Laikyn and Kohen; and a sister, Jeanette Windson of Alabama.
Visitation is from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, January 1, at the Nixon Funeral Home, Newell, WV. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Columbiana County Memorial Park, East Liverpool, Ohio.

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Published by The Daily Home on Jan. 1, 2020.

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Nixon Funeral Home

614 Washington St, Newell, WV 26050

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Visitation

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Nixon Funeral Home

614 Washington St, Newell, WV 26050

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Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Nixon Funeral Home

614 Washington St, Newell, WV 26050

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