Mrs. Nell T. Baker

August 9, 1926 - January 28, 2019

Nell Taylor Baker of Hawkinsville Ga. passed away Monday January 28, 2019 at the age of 92. She was the daughter of the late Jerry Hampton Taylor and Olivia Fewell Taylor. She was a graduate of Decatur High School in Decatur, Ga. where she met Walter E. Baker, her future husband. She attended Converse College in Spartanburg, SC . In 1964, they moved to Hawkinsville Georgia were her husband practiced law for many years.Together they had a farm and raised horses , cattle and crops. Ms. Nell was preceded in death by her husband Walter " Mickey " Baker, son Thomas Samuel Baker and daughter Julia Dale Payne, as well as her brother and 2 sisters Jerry Hampton Taylor, Olivia Taylor Allen and Jane Taylor Patton. She will be greatly missed by her children Edwin Ernest Baker, Janelle Baker Shook and James Grant Baker. Ms. Nell loved her grandchildren, Lee Huguley, Karen Huguley, McKenna Baker Bibescu, Ann Hank, Jeri Hawk, Andrew Baker and Grant Baker, along with her 8 great grandchildren. Nell was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the First United Methodist Church of Hawkinsville and the Pink Ladies at the Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville. Both Mickey and Nell were very involved in restoring the Hawkinsville Opera House where Nell was in several plays. She also loved to sing and even in her last days she could be heard with a song on her lips. Services will be held Saturday February 2, 2019 at 11 AM in the First United Methodist Church with burial in Pulaski Bleckley Memorial Gardens and the family will meet friends at the church from 10 AM until 11 AM.the day of the service.