Sarah Lee Baker

Sarah Lee (Gladd) Baker was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on July 9, 1937. Sarah was one of ten kids born to Joseph B. (Tang) Gladd and Fannie Pauline (Lowery) Gladd. Sarah passed from this life on November 14, 2025 to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the age of 88 years.

Sarah graduated from Tahlequah High School in 1955. She married Charley D. (Sonny) Baker, Jr. on June 9, 1956 in Tahlequah, OK and together they had two daughters. Sarah worked at Ozark Nursery, the Cherokee County Tag Agent and Tahlequah City Hospital until her and Sonny opened Baker’s Texaco Service Station on Muskogee Ave. where she managed the records and then together they started the U-Haul Dealership in town. During that time, Sarah served as a crossing guard for Sequoyah Elementary School where she had the opportunity to walk her grandchildren safely to the station for them to hang out after school. Together they owned the station for 31 years before retiring.

Sarah was known for her dedication to caring for her family, including her mother for 15 years before her passing. She had a passion for gardening, baking and animals, particularly horses and loved to go on trail rides. She was a wonderful cook and would always try to feed you when you entered her home. Sarah was a member of Park Hill Baptist Church where she served on the decorating committee and loved the Lord.

Sarah is preceded in death by her husband, Sonny Baker, her parents Joseph and Pauline Gladd and all of her siblings; Mary Lou Dobson, Jodie Minor, Lois Jean (Sis) Dunlap, Gladys McNeil, Patti Cookson, Wirt (Bud), Frank, Jerry and Paul Gladd.

Sarah is survived by two daughters: Paula and Johnny Hobbs and Charlotte and Chris Hall; 5 grandchildren: Cari and Marcus Fears, Chase and Amanda Fisher, Kaley Woods, Jake and Carley Hobbs and Graci and Mario Davis with bonus grandchildren: Tim and Bre Hall, Lauren and Dallas Falling and Sarah and Austin Gilbert; and 10 great-grandchildren: Isla, CJ, Mason and Zayden Fears, Riggs and Walter Fisher, Jaxon Woods, Reece and Sonny Hobbs, and Ellory Gilbert along with a host of nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express a special thank you to Merry Carter, Jessica Garcia, Debi Mangus and Graci Davis, along with Carter Home Health in helping care for our mom, and also Countryside Senior Living in her last couple of weeks of life. They would also like to thank Park Hill Baptist Church for their continued outreach for homebound church members.