Kelvin “Don” Baker 1935-2018

Services for Kelvin “Don” Baker, 83, of Wills Point, were held Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Wills Point. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery in Terrell. Services were under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home. He passed away Friday, Aug. 03, 2018, in Wills Point.

He was born on Aug. 4, 1935, in Dallas, to parents, T.C. Baker and Cletys Wooldridge Baker. His family moved from Dallas to Terrell as a young teen where he attended and graduated from Terrell High School in 1954.

Football was a passion of his. After high school, he received a scholarship to the University of Arkansas to play for one year.

As recent as 2006, he was inducted into the Terrell Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame for his football abilities.

He married Betty Gene Whitney in Dallas, in Sept. of 1955. Shortly after getting married, he left to serve his country in the United States Army.

He started his career as a firefighter for the Dallas Fire Department on October 16, 1957, and retired as a driver on Aug. 7, 1990.

He and Betty lived in Dallas for many years before moving to Elmo in 1973 and then to Wills Point in 1975 to make their home.

He also worked part time at Robertson Electric for over 10 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #422 AF & AM in Wills Point and a member of the Hella Temple Shriners for over 50 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church for over 42 years.

He is preceded in death by his parents, T.C. and Cletys Baker and his mother and father in-law, Ola and Leon Vineyard.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Baker of Wills Point; daughter, Lisa Maxwell and partner, Guy Crosby, of Wills Point; sisters, Shirley Grant of Quinlan, Linda Bernard of Gladewater and Emmy Strange and Patrick Bowman of Greenville; grandchildren, Alex Maxwell and Abby Proctor and husband, Brandon, along with their two children, Eli and Jude.