Elizabeth Baker

Elizabeth Snyder Baker, 74, of Somerville departed this life Monday, July 2, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Warren Community Church in Somerville, with Dr. Kenneth Culver officiating. Interment will follow in Fayette County Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Arrangements will be provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes and Cremation Center – Main Chapel of Somerville.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers will be Dylan Baker, Russell Dykes, Jerry Kilburn, Larry Garris, Rudy Doyle and James Patrick.
The family requests that memorials be directed to: Gideons International, P.O. Box 212, Somerville, TN 38068.
She was born April 12, 1944, in Union City, the daughter of David Mac Snyder and Mildred Elizabeth Smith Snyder. She was a graduate of the Kenton High School Class of 1962 and the University of Tennessee at Martin Class of 1966.
She was employed as a recruiter and educator for the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and Pharmacy and was also an elementary school teacher before her retirement.
She was a resident of Fayette County since 2002 and was a member of Warren Community Church. She was a bible study fellowship leader and a member of the Master Gardener’s Club.
She will be remembered for being a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, who she married April 9, 1965, Ed Baker of Somerville; two daughters, Elise Cathleen Baker of Midway, Ark., and Ellen Baker Dykes (Russell) of Arlington; her son, Eric L. Baker (Sara) of Memphis; and six grandchildren, Grace Baker, Belle Dykes, Reagan Dykes, Dylan Baker, Gunner Baker and Nathan Hodges.
Condolences may be left on our online guestbook at www.PeeblesFuneralHome.com.

Published 7.3.18