Obituary for Violet Baker (Fields)
Mrs. Violet Fields Baker, age 90, of Navarre, Florida, formerly of the River Mountain section of Lebanon, Virginia passed away Tuesday (June 16, 2020) at her home. Born September 7, 1929 in English, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late John Fields and Dorothy Faye Taylor Rasnake. She spent her early life in Duty, Virginia and made her home on River Mountain for many years. She had resided in Navarre, Florida for the past three years and was a member of the Mary Ester Church of God in Mary Ester, Florida.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Moses Baker, Sr.; one son, Gary Edgar Baker; son-in-law, David Gobble, Sr; her grandparents, Albert and Etta Taylor; three sisters, Helen Chandler, Patricia “Susie” Chapman and Marie Wilson; four brothers, Conley Rasnake, James Rasnake, Willard Rasnake and Johnny Rasnake. In her generation, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Survivors include four children, Lloyd Baker, Jr. and wife, Frances of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, Connie Johnson and Doug Baker and wife, Lisa both of Lebanon, Virginia and Frances Gobble Hale and husband, Steve; one daughter-in-law, Diane Baker; nineteen grandchildren, forty-eight great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Monday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jason Nunley officiating. Interment will follow in the Ketron Memorial Gardens in Lebanon, Virginia.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at Honaker Funeral Home after 6 PM Sunday.
Online condolences may be made at www.honakerfuneralhome.net.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Moses Baker, Sr.; one son, Gary Edgar Baker; son-in-law, David Gobble, Sr; her grandparents, Albert and Etta Taylor; three sisters, Helen Chandler, Patricia “Susie” Chapman and Marie Wilson; four brothers, Conley Rasnake, James Rasnake, Willard Rasnake and Johnny Rasnake. In her generation, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Survivors include four children, Lloyd Baker, Jr. and wife, Frances of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, Connie Johnson and Doug Baker and wife, Lisa both of Lebanon, Virginia and Frances Gobble Hale and husband, Steve; one daughter-in-law, Diane Baker; nineteen grandchildren, forty-eight great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Monday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jason Nunley officiating. Interment will follow in the Ketron Memorial Gardens in Lebanon, Virginia.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at Honaker Funeral Home after 6 PM Sunday.
Online condolences may be made at www.honakerfuneralhome.net.