Bert Thomas Baker Jr.

The family will be at Bratcher Funeral Home for visitation Thursday, August 27, 2015 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, August 28, 2015 at Bratcher Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Roddy Arnold officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman.

Pallbearers will be Steve Withers, Tyler Withers, Danny Shrum, Dylan Work, Shane Purvis and Zachary Bachman.

Bert lived a full life and was a member and Sunday school teacher of the First Baptist Church of Colbert. He was an active member of the Jaycees of Sherman for several years. He graduated from Sherman High School and Grayson College with a Business Management Degree. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in Vietnam.

He left behind his wife Patsy; three children, Don Chennault and wife Sue, Jodi Withers and husband Steve, Jennifer Purvis and husband Shane; grandchildren Tyler Withers, Logan Richardson, Sara Withers, Cassie Bennett and husband Jessie, Lisa Lee and husband Eric, Mandy McHugh and husband Jake; great-grandchildren Autumn, Ava, Jackson, Noah, Titus, Toren, Landon; sisters Judie Watson, Patti Schnitker; brother Daryl Baker and wife Lisa; numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents Bert Thomas Baker, Sr. and Patsy Adeline Baker and brother-in-law Marvin Watson.

The family would like to extend special thanks to everyone at Clyde Cosper Texas State Veterans Home in Bonham for the excellent care given to Bert.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity or the American Heart Association.