Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Samuel Walton December 31, 1907
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Virginian Pilot Friday January 3, 1908

 The funeral service of Samuel W. Baker, who was accidentally shot last Tuesday 
afternoon while hunting near Lake Smith, took place at 2 o'clock yesterday 
afternoon in the home of his father, Joseph L. Baker, at Oaklette, Norfolk 
County.  The service was largely attended.
Rev. W.C. Wade, pastor of the Second Church of Christ, Norfolk, officiated, 
assisted by Rev. A.E. Jones, of Norfolk County.
At the conclusion of the service the body was conveyed to Magnolia Cemetery, 
Berkley ward, where interment took place.
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SAMUEL WALTON BAKER, son of Jos. L. Baker and Molllie E. Baker, was born April 
19, 1888, at Bramwell, W. Va., and died December 31, 1907, of a gunshot wound 
received by his own hands accidentally while out on a fishing and hunting 
excursion with a friend near Lake Smith on the Electric Division of the Norfolk 
and Southern Railroad. The subject of this sketch came to Norfolk with his 
father April 12, 1901, from Bluefield, W. Va. About two years ago he made a trip 
to Europe, visiting England, Germany, Holland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. When 
returning to the United States he enlisted in the navy, where he served for 
fifteen months with honor and distinction. Under the new order of our President 
last February he secured his discharge by purchase (in July of last year) on 
account of his first class record. Samuel was a young man far above the average 
in intellect and was a student of books, the best obtainable, and of man, and of 
the various aspects of the country, socially and politically; was a pleasant 
companion and conversationalist, had many friends, both young and old;  a 
splendid specimen of physical manhood also. He is survived by his father, 
stepmother, three sisters, the eldest Mrs. C. Russell Hare, Misses Jannette and 
May, three small brothers, Wilk S., Joe and Myron H. The funeral services were 
simple, held at his father's house near Oaklette, Norfolk County, Va., January 
2, 1908, and were conducted by Rev. W.C. Wade, former pastor of the Second 
Church of Christ (Disciples) of Norfolk, and assisted by Rev. A.A. Jones, the 
new pastor of the M.E. Church at Oaklette, and the remains were conveyed to the 
Magnolia Cemetery, where they were laid to rest. The stricken family have the 
unbounded sympathy of the whole community in this their sad bereavement, made so 
much more so because of the tragic cause. The writer has known the family for a 
number of years and would commend them to the Father of all comfort and peace 
and consolation, upon whom they can lean forever and ever.
                                                                                    

W. C. WADE
Virginian Pilot January 5, 1908


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Note - W.C. Wade was one of the pastors who conducted the funeral

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