Roger Keith Baker Sr (1931 - 2009)

Born 13 Feb 1931 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky

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Died 31 May 2009 at age 78 in Mount Vernon, Fayette County, Kentucky

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CRAB ORCHARD - Roger Keith Baker Sr., 78, of Hustonville, formerly of Crab Orchard, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009, at the Rockcastle Hospital in Mount Vernon.

Born Feb. 13, 1931, in Crab Orchard, he was a son of the late Earl Cecil Baker Sr. and Jennie Rogers Baker.

Roger was a retired employee of the United States Postal Service, having worked for 27 years at the Crab Orchard and Brodhead offices.

He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Crab Orchard Masonic Lodge 636 and Crab Orchard Baptist Church. Roger was also a former member of the Kentucky Walking Horse Association.

Survivors Include three daughters, Vicki Baker Folger of Lancaster, Nina Jo Ryles of Lexington and Stacy Jan Keeling of Hustonville; a son, Roger Keith (Regina) Baker Jr. of Huntsville, Ala.; eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Ashley Gray, Weston Keith Folger, Jason Tanner Ryles, Lindsay Bo Ryles, Jennie Michelle Baker, Jessica Lynn Baker, Sarah Kayleen Rogers and Britney Nicole Keeling; and three great-grandchildren, Leah Hailey Grace, Marley Jo and Max Tanner Ryles.

In addition to his parents, Roger was preceded in death by his first wife, Bonnie Jean Baker; a brother, Earl "E.C." Baker; sisters, Elizabeth Baker, Bake Young, Martha Dyehouse, Jamie Newland, Ann Mullins and Sue Hale.

The service will be Wednesday at McKnight Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Crab Orchard Cemetery with military rites by the Caswell Saufley American Legion Post 18 of Stanford.