Louis Thurman Baker
December 17, 1926 – December 15, 2011

Louis Thurman Baker, 84, of Macclesfield died Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted at 6 p.m. Saturday at Victory Free Will Baptist Church. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Evergreen Memorial Park. The Rev. Wayne Whitley will officiate.

The family will receive friends Saturday at the church immediately following the service and other times at 7260 E. Langley Road, Elm City.

Mr. Baker was an honorable man. He loved his family and enjoyed his time playing canasta with them. He was a retired farmer. He retired from Swift after 20 years of service and retired from Hackney Brothers Body Company after 10 years of service.

Mr. Baker is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mattie Lee Page Baker; a daughter, Kimberly B. Hopkins and husband Mitch of Elm City; two sons, Randy Baker and wife, Lynda of Macclesfield, and Dwight Baker and wife, Jamie of Elm City; 13 grandchildren, Chris, Jermey, Clay, Stephen, Adam, Mark, Erick, Ben, Corey, Garrett, Nikki, Blair and Jordan; four great-grandchildren, Emma, Maddie, Nathan, and Jackson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie Albert Baker and Sarah Ethel Owens Baker; a daughter, Wanda Sue O’Conney; a son, Phillip Baker; one sister, and two brothers.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to University Health Systems Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 8125, Greenville, NC 27835 or Victory Free Will Baptist Church, PO Box 7316, Wilson, NC 27895.

Arrangements are by Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.