Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
5:26 pm Friday, November 4, 2011

Louie Dennis “Bud” Baker

Louie Dennis “Bud” Baker
November 2, 2011
Louie Dennis “Bud” Baker, 90, of Russellville, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Russellville Hospital.
Funeral services were held Friday, November 4, 2011 at Spry Memorial Chapel.  Burial was at Franklin Memory Gardens
He is survived by his children, Dorothy Baker Gooch and husband, Brannon, Loyd Baker and wife, Frances, Charles Baker, Joanne Baker Waldon and husband, Luke, David Baker and wife, Faye, Steve Baker and wife, Janet, Frank Baker and wife, Vicky; 28 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Hazel Suiadinos; and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Willie Mae Baker; parents, Ed and Lilly Baker; son, Wallace Baker; daughters, Shirley Cothrum, Evelyn Rogers; 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; brother, Drewery Baker; sister, Clara May Motes, Louella Pinkard, and Viola Clark.

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