David Mitchell Baker

July 2, 2007

HOUSTON - David Mitchell Baker, 69, of Houston died July 2, 2007, at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston. The Bowling Green native was a former employee of the former Lee Ferrols restaurant of Bowling Green and attended State Street School. He was a son of the late Claude Baker and Florance Dixon Baker. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Lucille Baker Keith and Irene Walton Taylor, two brothers, John M. Baker and James Baker and an aunt, Leola Cole. Funeral is at 1 p.m. Monday at Burnam & Son Mortuary Inc., with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Whitney of Bowling Green; two sisters, Reatha Halcomb and Viola Mae Woods, both of Bowling Green; a brother, Jake Baker of Houston; sister-in-law, Ruby Baker of Bowling Green; nieces Gayle Woods and Toynia Walker, both of Bowling Green; a nephew, Otha Claude Baker; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.