David Allen Baker

DAVID ALLEN BAKER, SR.

OCTOBER 23. 1936 ~ JANUARY 24, 2026

DAVID ALLEN BAKER, SR. WAS SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN, WAS BORN TO GRACE OLWEN (Jones) BAKER AND CLIFFORD CHARLES BAKER ON OCTOBER 23, 1936, IN MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE. HE DIED ON JANUARY 24, 2026, in ROUND ROCK, TEXAS.

DAVID GRADUATED FROM JOHN TYLER HIGH SCHOOL IN TYLER, TX IN 1955. HE EARNED A BACHELORS IN RELIGION FROM TCU, FT. WORTH, TX IN 1959. HE EARNED A MASTER OF DIVINITY FROM BRITE DIVINITY, TCU, AND WAS ORDAINED IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) IN 1962. DAVID EARNED HIS DOCTOR OF MINISTRY FROM BRITE DIVINITY, TCU IN 1975.

HE SERVED CONGREGATIONS IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS FOR 42 YEARS, AND RETIRED AFTER SERVING ROUND ROCK CHRISTIAN CHURCH, ROUND ROCK, TX IN 2001.

DAVID MARRIED JOY ADAMSON, AFTER MEETING AT TCU, IN 1961, AND RECENTLY CELEBRATED 64 HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY.

DAVID WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS C.C. BAKER AND GRACE BAKER, BROTHERS LARRY BAKER, C.C. BAKER, JR., AND DENNIS BAKER, AS WELL AS GRANDSON ANTHONY SOMMER, AND GRAND DAUGHTER SOPHIE BAKER. HE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS KAREN DAUDELIN, AND ARDATH CLIFTON, WIFE JOY BAKER, SON ALLEN BAKER, DAUGHTER ANN SOMMER, SON RUSSELL BAKER, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ROBIN ROGERS, SON-IN-LAW BYRON SOMMER, AND GRANDSONS TYLER, DYLAN AND RYLIE SOMMER, AND HOLLIS AND HENRY BAKER.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, WE ENCOURAGE MAKING A DONATION TO THE ROUND ROCK AREA SERVING CENTER.