Baker, Lilly Mae

Lilly Mae Baker, age 79, died Thursday, March 3, 2011. She was born November 17, 1931 to the late Colon Calvin Caddell and Nettie Garner Caddell. Mrs. Baker had farmed with her husband, worked at Carter‘s Laundry and retired from Harris Teeter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tula Ray Baker, sisters, Pauline Knowles, Bessie Weiss, and Geraldine Willis. She is survived by one daughter Barbara Ann Ratcliff and husband Don of Southern Pines, NC, two grandsons, Trevor and Tanner Ratcliff, sisters, Carolyn Evans of Rocky Point, NC, Emma Jones, Julia Naylor and Lenora Baker all of Castle Hayne, NC. The family will receive friends at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Saturday night, March 5, 2011 from 6-8 PM. A funeral service will be held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at 3 PM Sunday, March 6, 2011 by Rev. Gregg Newton. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. In Lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 386, Southern Pines, NC 28388.