Minnie Sue Baker

Minnie Sue Totty Baker, age 95, passed away on December 26, 2015 at Green Hills Health and Rehabilitation in Nashville. Services will be conducted at 11:00 o'clock on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in the chapel of McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville with Bill McDonald and Glenn Richardson officiating. The family will receive relatives and friends from 2 to 5 pm on Monday, December 28th and two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in The Shady Grove Stand Cemetery. The Hickman County native was the daughter of the late Lewis N. Totty and Ethel L. Crowe Totty. She was the wife of the late David Edward Baker, Sr. and the mother of the late David Edward Baker, Jr. She was a member of the Shady Grove Church of Christ and a Charter Member of the Shady Grove Community Center. Mrs. Baker retired from the Tennessee State Department of Human Services in 1995. She was instrumental in getting perpetual care for The Stand Cemetery and a very active member of the community. She was preceded in death by brothers, Earl Totty; Conner Totty; Marlin Totty; Harold Totty; Glen Totty; L.N. Totty, Jr.; and sisters, Thelma Totty; Vera Bratton; and Irene Evans. Survived by daughter, Linda Gilliam of Brentwood; and daughter-in-law, Paulette Baker of Centerville; five grandchildren, Jim (Andrea) Gilliam of Tampa, FL; Greg (Kelly) Gilliam of College Grove; Lisa (Kurt) Hellman of Centerville; Beth Baker of Dickson; and David Baker, III of Shady Grove; seven great-grandchildren, Loren Hellman; Jake Gilliam; Marley Baker; Kole Hellman; Gavin Gilliam; Grayson Gilliam; Nolan Lamkin; and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are grandsons (Jim, Greg, and David), grandson-in-law (Kurt), nephews (Jim Bratton, Jack Totty) and great-grandsons (Jake, Kole, and Gavin). Honorary pallbearers are Ellis Walker Totty; Nancy Hillin; Bobby Totty; Carol Schafly; Kenny Totty; Judy Field; Sandra Evans-Shafer; James Gilliam; Nolan Lamkin; Mary Jane Chapman; Dr. Stephen P. Simmons; and the men and women of the Shady Grove Church of Christ. Memorials can be made to The Stand Cemetery Perpetual Care, c/o Mike McAlister, Treasurer; 111 Page Road, Nashville, TN 37205.

Minnie Sue Baker

December 13, 1920 - December 26, 2015