Stan Baker

Stan W. Baker, age 69, of Martin, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at his residence. Graveside service will be held at noon Thursday in East Side Cemetery with Military Honors and Rev. Michael Norton officiating with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of the arrangements. The family will receive friends in the cemetery at 11 a.m. until service time. Pallbearers will be Matt Crick, Harry Lee Caudle, Bill Jackson, Jerry Crosser, Doug Bryant, David Hauhe, George Pritchett, Charles Freeman, Glen Overton and Dewayne Dowdy. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of Weakley County Municipal Electric System. Mr. Baker was a 1969 graduate of Martin High School and attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. He was a retired foreman for Weakley County Municipal Electric System after 38 years of service.  He served in the Army National Guard for 23 years and attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Martin. He is survived by his wife, Robin Conley Baker of Martin; his daughter and son-in-law, Allie and Matt Crick of Hernando, Mississippi; his grandson, Hudson Crick,; two sisters, Sheila (Mike) Parrott of Jackson and Sharon (Kenneth) Barnes of Union City; and one brother, Clift (Susan) Parks of Duck Hill, Mississippi.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Aray Wallace and Cora Freeman Gill. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorials to “Forget Me Not” Foundation, www.forgetmenotfoundationnwtn.org  Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.