Ethel Baker

Funeral for Ethel Francis Baker of Decatur will be Friday, August 24, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Roselawn Funeral Home Chapel with James Chitwood officiating. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Baker was born to J.H. and Myrtle Evans Robinson on December 1, 1916, in Falkville. She was the last living member of her immediate family. Preceding her in death besides her parents were three brothers, Fred, John D. and J.H. "Buck" Robinson; two sisters, Louise Cloud and Estelle Brasher. To be included are her husbands, Leroy Francis, the father of her children, and Charles Baker. Other losses were a granddaughter, Jan Oliver and great-grand- son, Joseph Lambert.

Mrs. Baker is survived by three daughters, Betty Francis Allen and her husband, Jack Allen, Sue Francis and Peggy Atkins. Her grandchildren are Stuart Lynn Allens and his wife, Roslyn, Beth Allen, Julie Cochran and her husband, Michael, Missie Lambert and her husband, Joe, and Steve Atkins.

Mrs. Baker was affectionately known as Maw Maw by her great-grandchildren, Parker and Hunter Allen and Elizabeth and Sam Cochran. Several nieces and nephews survive her. Maw Maw loved her family and enjoyed everything they were involved in. That support will be greatly missed along with her wonderful cooking.

Most of her life was spent in the First Christian Church, but for the past few years, she was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Mrs. Baker and her family endured the Great Depression making her a hardworking woman, progressing from plant work to selling Stanley Home Products. Later, she became co-owner of the Brides Corner and after selling that business she spent much of her time in landscaping and gardening.

Serving as pallbearers will be family and friends.

Honorary pallbearers will be Parker Allen and Sam Cochran.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Parker Allen Fund, P.O. Box 1534, Decatur, AL 35602.