Obituary
Ethel Bond Baker
Graveside services for Mrs. Ethel Bond Baker, 93, widow of Alfred Thomas Baker, the founder of Baker's Drug Store, will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 3, 2002 at Hollywood Cemetery with Rev. Gene Canestrari officiating.
Mrs. Baker died Thursday, February 28, 2002 at her residence.
A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Dawson Warlick and Ethel Mayo Bond. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Sarah James.
Mrs. Baker was a second generation Altrusa "Woman of the Year." She received the honor in 1968, with her mother, Mrs. Ethel Mayo Bond, receiving the same award in 1957. Mrs. Baker was past president of the Madison Hall COmmunity Club, had held numberous offices in the American Cancer Society, was a member of the Madison Hall F. C. E. Club, and had served on the State of Tennessee Mental Health Board, replacing her mother in that position. She was an avidUT fan and still enjoyed recalling the days when she played basketball on the freshman team in 1928. She was an active member of Anderson Presbyterian Church.
She was a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmohter to her two daughters, Sall and her husband Jimmy Williams of Knoxville, Tennessee and Betty Bond Baker of Jackson Tennessee; granddaughters, Sara Williams King and her husband Alan of Dallas, Texas and Carol Williams Bain and her husband Larry of Jackson, Mississippi and great-grandchildren, Thomas King and Abby King of Dallas. She was affectionately known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "D. D."
Casketbearers to serve are Billy James, Tommy James, Alan King, Larry Bain, Jr., Waring Hazelhurst, Jimmy Bond, David Pearson and Hubert Williams.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
The family will receive friends at the North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons today from 5:00 until 7:00 PM.
George A. Smith and Sons
North Chapel
731-427-5555
Published in The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), page 6 on March 2, 2002 (Saturday).