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Submitted: 5/7/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R416785-G416785-S3
September 12, 1913-June 26, 1999
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Arlene Baker, 85, died Saturday, June 26, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Baker was born in Van Zandt County and had lived in Borger for 61 years. She was a retired maintenance employee for Phillips Petroleum Co., and attended Bible Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex Baker, in 1970.
Survivors include two sons, Dennis Baskin of Mesquite and John Baskin of San Antonio; a stepson, Sam Baker of Columbia, S.C.; a half sister, Ruth Lane of Dumas; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Online Newspapers 29 June 1999)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Merlia Arlene Baker
Death Date: 26 Jun 1999
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Merlia Arline Baskin
[Merlia Arl Baker]
[Merlia Baker]
[Merlia Arline Chaney]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1913
Birth Place: Martins Mill, Texas
[Martin Mills, Texas]
Death Date: 26 Jun 1999
Father: John H Chaney
Mother: Jesse V Dearen
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: ARLINE BASKIN
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Aug 1944: Name listed as MERLIA ARLINE BASKIN; Dec 1950: Name listed as MERLIA ARL BAKER; 07 Jul 1999: Name listed as MERLIA A BAKER
Contributed on 5/7/21
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