Emma Baker

BAKER, Mrs. Emma Rae (Burks) - Age 84, passed away Monday, September 12, 2005 at Brian's House. Family Hour 10:30AM Thursday, September 15, 2005 at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3502 Lapeer Rd., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Pastor Marvin A. Jennings, Sr. officiating. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Thursday. Mrs. Baker will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed 12Noon-8PM Wednesday. Mrs. Emma Rae (Burks) Baker was born July 4, 1921 in McMinnville, Tennessee, the youngest child of Ransom and Molly (Martin) Burks. In the mid-1920?s, Emma relocated to Flint, MI with her father and siblings. She attended Clark Elementary, Whittier Junior High, and graduated from Flint Central High School, class of 1940. Emma Rae was united in marriage to the late Rabon H. Baker. Jr. and to this union one daughter was born. Mrs. Baker was employed by AC Spark Plug, a former division of General Motors Corporation, and retired with 37.5 years of service. She was a member of Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mrs. Baker enjoyed a good novel, sewing, solving word puzzles, crochet, and mastered the culinary arts to the delight of her family and friends. She will be remembered for her stylish fashion and her many quips. Mrs. Emma Rae (Burks) Baker leaves in God's care: loving daughter, Janice R. Manning; most cherished grandchildren, Robyn J. and Robert E. Manning II; nieces and nephews, Joyce (Curtis) Crump, Dr. Beverly (Sam) Jones, Peggy Blackwell, M. Denise Burks, Rita Doyle, Pamela (Henry) Simpson, Clarence Burks, and David (Alicia) Burks; aunt and uncle, Donna and Eugene Miller; sisters-in-law, Elaine and Verna Burks; son-in-law of the heart, Robert Manning; many great nieces and nephews; special cousins, Elizabeth Burton, Margaret and Norman Miller, and Mildred Tillage and children. Emma was blessed to have many dear friends. Mrs. Emma Rae (Burks) Baker was preceded in death by her parents, Ransom (Molly) Burks; sister, W. Edna Aldridge; brothers, Joe and Clarence Burks; sister-in-law, Zenobia Baker-Beck; niece, Nancy Burks; several aunts, uncles and cousins. Special heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Sarah Simpson for her loving and tender care of our dearest Emma Rae, Anita Miles, Linda Glasper El Rice, and the staffs of Loving Hands, Heartland Health Care-Briarwood and Brian's House. In lieu of floral remembrances, please consider donations to Alzheimer's Association of East Flint, G-3287 Beecher Rd., Flint, MI 48532 or Loving Hands, 2222 S. Linden Rd. Suite J, Flint, MI 48532, in memory of Emma.

Emma Baker

July 4, 1921 - September 12, 2005