Thelma Eloise Lapp Baker

Thelma L. Baker, 90, of 100 Netherland Lane died on March 21, 2010, after a brief illness. She was a native of Pittsfield, MA. As her husband Wesley H. Baker pursued a military career in the Air Force, she spent her adult life as a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. She also worked many years as an executive secretary. She had lived in Kingsport since 2001 when she and her husband had moved here to be near her daughter.

Her parents Roy E. and Bessie E. Lapp and her husband Col. Wesley H. Baker preceded her in death.

She is survived by two children, David J. Baker and wife Connie of Louisville, KY, and Susan B. Tarpley and husband Ray of Kingsport, TN; four grandchildren, Laura M. Rymes of Jefferson, MD, Treva L.Tarpley of Kingsport, TN, Elizabeth T. Corpstein of Kingsport, TN, and Anderson R. Tarpley, III of Palm Bay, FL; and 5 great grandchildren, Sydney M. Rymes and William H. Quint Rymes, V., Abigail L. Cox, Emery J. Corpstein, and Anderson R. Tarpley, IV; and daughter-in-law Diane E. Baker of Niceville, FL.

A Memorial Service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Kingsport, TN, on Monday, March 29, at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev. James Edward Mills, III, officiating, and in San Antonio, Texas, at a later date, with burial in Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018.