Lynda Jane Baker

Funeral service for Lynda Jane Baker, 81 of Burkburnett, Texas will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church with Chaplain Joe Cook officiating.

Burial will be at Grandfield Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Gray Funeral Home.

Mrs. Baker passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Evergreen Nursing Center in Burkburnett, Texas with her family at her side.  

Lynda was born on September 4, 1937 in Grandfield, Oklahoma to Alton and Clara (Krasser) Morton. She grew up in Grandfield where she graduated from high school. She married Bill Baker on November 19, 1955 in Grandfield where they made their home. Lynda worked at a registered Dietitian at the Colonial Village for 35 years. She enjoyed cooking, camping, and reading. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. 

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Bill, of Grandfield, OK; her sons, Ricky Baker and Lewis Baker, both of Grandfield; three daughters and a son in law, Vicky Thompson, Lou Ann and Scott Gardner and Clara Jane Baker, all of Grandfield; two grandsons that she raised, Rocky and Troy Baker; her  grandchildren and their spouses, Rocky and Vaughnie, Troy Baker, Raegan and Brian Teakell, Brandon and Josie Baker, Annie Baker and Toby, Dustin and Monica Thompson, and Lynsey Thompson; numerous great grandchildren; her brother in law, Roger Springer; her sister in law, Louise Morton; and her nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Alton and Clara Morton; her sister, Neta Springer; two brothers, Richard Morton and Roy Lynn Morton; and her brother in law, J.D. Baker.