GEORGE BAKER
1947-2019

Funeral service for George Clark Baker, age 71, of Chickasha, was held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 4, 2019, in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel, with Kent Hibbard officiating. Interment followed in Fort Sill National Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.
George Clark Baker was born on October 22, 1947, in Dallas, TX, the son of Fulton C. Baker and Margie (Gorden) Baker. He passed from this life to his Heavenly Father on Monday, February 25, 2019, in Chickasha.
George graduated from R.L. Turner High School in Carrolton, TX. He married Cecelia Dumas in Dallas, TX. To this union a son, Clark James Baker was born. Later, on September 18, 1993, he and Carolyn Marie Holder were married in Chickasha. Carolyn passed in January of 2015.
After high school, George attended Cook County Junior College in Gainesville, TX, where he received an Associate’s degree in Real Estate and Appraisal. He proudly served his country by joining the U.S. Army in 1979. He was stationed at Fort Sill, where he completed Basic and AIT. He was then assigned to Pershing missiles and stationed in Heilbronn, Augsburg, and Schwabisch Gmuend, Germany. George later returned to Fort Sill and was sent to Dugway, Utah with the Pershing Missile Systems and launched the Pershing from Dugway to the Atlantic Ocean.
When he returned to Bamburg, Germany, he was assigned to Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) A Btry BN 14th Field Artillery, then returned again to 3/9 FA, Fort Sill in support of the Gulf War with 1/158 FA, National Guard. After the war, he was sent back to Bamburg, Germany, where he was stationed until he returned to Fort Sill in 1994, until retiring from the U.S. Army and was transitioned to the 1/158 FA-Btry Oklahoma National Guard in MLRS. He was stationed with HQ Btry 1/158 FA in Lawton.
In 2005, while with the National Guard he was assigned to help with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA. In 2006, he helped with Border Patrol in Playas, New Mexico with HQ Btry 1/158 FA.
George held Secret and Top-Secret clearance while in the Army. He retired from the Oklahoma National Guard in 2006 with a combined 27½ years in the Army and the Army National Guard, receiving many accolades and awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
George worked for the City of Chickasha and the Grady County Law Enforcement Center until 2014. He was life member of the VFW, American Legion, and the DAV. He loved his dog Gabby, working in the yard, bowling, and riding his motorcycle. He also enjoyed eating breakfast with the Patriot Guard Riders.
He wants to be remembered with the quote: “I did it my way.”
He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Carolyn.
Survivors include his son and wife, Clark James and Michele Baker of Lewisville, TX; brother Fulton C. Baker, Jr. and wife, Diane of Leonard, TX; stepson, Kyle Coward of The Colony, TX; stepson and wife, Rodney and Gina Williams of Temple, TX; stepdaughter, Sonya Fitch of Chickasha; granddaughter, Elizabeth “Betz” Baker; grandsons; Landry, Camden, and Dayton Williams and Levi Fitch; numerous nieces and nephews; and other extended family members and a host of friends.