Margaret "Meg" Baker

Margaret Lillian ("Meg") Baker, 53, passed away March 30, 2013, from complications of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, at Centre, Alabama. Meg was born April 7, 1959, in Dallas, Texas. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. William Walden White of Centre, Alabama, and Oliver Charles Baker and Mrs. Joe Johnston, of Cedar Bluff, Alabama. She is survived by her devoted parents, Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Charles Baker, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama, and her beloved brothers and sisters, Mark Allan Baker of Atlanta, Georgia; Miriam Baker Morris (Clay), of Birmingham, Alabama; Robert Edward ("Reb") Baker, of Foley, Alabama; and Oliver Charles Baker III (Marilou), of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She is also survived by her nephews James Claiborne Morris, Jr., Oliver Charles Baker IV, and Walden Redding Baker, and her niece, Sarah ("Sally") Walden Morris. Meg brightened the lives of her many friends with her wit, charm and social graces, and taught compassion, patience and love to her parents and siblings. Meg learned reading, writing and arithmetic through her wonderful teachers at the Opportunity Center School in Birmingham, Alabama, and her education was enhanced by the years she spent in the loving care of the Stewart Home School in Frankfort, Kentucky. Meg was blessed in the last year of her life by the attention and love she received at the Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center, in Centre, Alabama. The family is grateful to the nursing staff at Cherokee Medical Center for their tender and thoughtful service. A staff member said of Meg, "She's in a better place, giving hugs and kisses and causing trouble." In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to The Exceptional Foundation, 1616 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, John Croyles' Big Oak Ranch, 250 Jake Mintz Road, Gadsden, Alabama 35905, or a favorite church or charity. Graveside services will be Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 1 p.m., at Garrett-Walden Cemetery in Centre, Alabama, with Rev. John Mullaney officiating. The family will receive friends from 12 until 1 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home. There will be a reception at noon, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at The Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama, followed at 1 p.m. with a memorial service, also at the Church. PDF Printable Version

Margaret "Meg" Baker

April 7, 1959 - March 30, 2013