Marcella R. Baker

Marcella R. Baker, 97, of Gallipolis, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord, Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, West Virginia. She had been in failing health for 1 week. She was born April 3, 1915 in Pomeroy, Ohio. Her parents were Louis and Frances Reibel. Marcella graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1932. She attended Ohio University for 2 years and then began her elementary teaching career in Meigs County. She graduated from Ohio University in 1939 with a Bachelors Degree in Education. In 1942 she married Carl A. Baker and moved to a farm on State Route 7 in Gallia County. She taught at Clay Elementary School for over 19 years. She helped her husband on the family farm raising tomatoes, cabbage, tobacco and beef cattle. After her retirement from teaching she liked gardening, piano playing, and writing to pen-pals in Japan, England and Holland. She enjoyed traveling many places including a trip to the Holy Land with friends from church. Marcella was a member of the Federated Church in Pomeroy and First Baptist Church of Gallipolis, Ohio. Survivors include a daughter, Frances Lou Baker (Dean) Peterson of Russell, Kentucky and a son, Lloyd G. (Sally) Baker of Proctorville, Ohio. Grandchildren include Sara Thomas Hall of Dublin, Ohio; Susan Thomas (Bo) Locke of Hanford, California, David (Kelly) Peterson of Lexington, Kentucky, David C. (Ginger) Baker of Proctorville, Ohio, Martha Baker of Hickory, North Carolina. Great grandchildren include: Nick Yost, Ben Yost, Jake Locke, Leah Locke, Ashley Locke, Jill Peterson, David Peterson, Jr., Lauren Baker; and a great great grandchild, Madilyn Picetti. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl A. Baker (1976) and her sister, Dorothy E. Reibel (2004). Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Alvis Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Clay Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 12 noon till 1:00 p.m., prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Ohio Valley Christian School in Gallipolis, Ohio or to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, West Virginia.