Dr. Dwight Leonard Baker was born Nov. 21, 1920, in
Bolivar, Missouri, to Rev. Dewey Baker and Wynona Graves and passed away
Nov. 28, 2011. Dwight lived in Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Dwight married
his loving wife, Emma Elizabeth Weatherly on June 19, 1945; they were
married for 65 years.
Dwight and Emma spent their lives in devout service
to the Lord through the Southern Baptist Foreign Missions in Israel and
India. He was a faithful servant of the Lord and exuded His very spirit
in every aspect of his life.
Dwight was predeceased by his loving wife,
Emma Elizabeth earlier this year; and his son, Bron Baker.
He is
survived by his son, Bill Baker of Waco, TX; Carol Staton of Dallas, TX;
and Steve Baker of Macau, China; grandchildren, Brent Baker, Scott
Baker, Holly Johnson and Elizabeth Romero; great grandchildren,
Christian Romero and Emmaline Baker.
Memorial services will be held at
11:00 AM, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in
Dallas, TX and at 4:00 PM, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 at Grace Presbyterian
Village in Dallas.
Please send flowers to: Cliff Temple Baptist Church, 125
Sunset Dallas, Texas 75208 • 214-942-8601
[Jaynes Memorial Chapel,
811 S. Cockrell Hill Road,
Duncanville, TX 75137] |
Evidence of the Baker family on their multiple
trips to Israel is seen in the manifest for the SS Steel Executive on
May 26, 1950 and the SS Expeditor on 10 July 1956. Both ships left New
York, NY bound for Haifa, Israel. Both were cargo ships.
SS Expeditor Underway
Less than luxurious, the Expeditor had started life as
the Naval Transport Windsor (AP-100) in December 1942. It was
redeslgnated as an Attack Transport, (APA-55), and commissioned on 17
June 1943, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA.
During World War II USS Windsor was assigned to the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater and served in six separate campaigns.
In 1946 the ship was sold to Todd Ship Building,
Galveston TX for conversion to merchant service.
It was resold in 1947 to Shepard Steam Ship Co. and
renamed SS Paul Revere.
It changed hands again in 1949, when it was resold to
American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines when it was then renamed as SS
Expeditor.
The Expeditor was sold for scrapping, 9 May 1972 to
Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works & Enterprise Ltd, Kaosiung, Taiwan. |
[courtesy of Gail Davis]
Columbarium niche marker of Dwight L. and Emma E. Baker
in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas (Dallas county), Texas.
Dwight was a regimental
chaplain in 1945-46.
Following the war he and his wife devoted themselves to
ministries in multiple international locations.
[courtesy of Charles Wills]
Memorial marker for Dwight L. and Emma E. Baker in
Sinking Creek Cemetery
Everton, (Dade county), Missouri,
This cemetery is the burial site of their son Bronson who
was killed in an automobile accident at age 22. Also here are
Dwight's parents, grandparents. and numerous other extended
family members. |
