Mr. Baker was a former employee of a bowling alley in Flint, Mich. and a current resident of Dexter.
He is survived by his maternal grandmother, Mary Bessie Woodruff of Dexter and by other relatives and friends.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Mike Baker and Jimmy Baker: and by one sister, Charlotte Baker.
Visitation will take place at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in the Rainey-Mathis funeral chapel. Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery.

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