Josephine Baker, 1912–2004 (aged 92 years)
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- Josephine /Baker/
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1891–1974
Birth: June 3, 1891
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: December 22, 1974 — Bertie County, North Carolina, USA |
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1912–2004
Birth: 1912
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— Halifax, North Carolina, USA Death: December 24, 2004 |
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9 years
younger brother |
1920–1995
Birth: about 1920
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: August 21, 1995 — Chowan Hospital, Edenton, NC |
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1914–1995
Birth: about 1914
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: November 11, 1995 — Chowan Hospital, Edenton, NC |
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1918–2005
Birth: April 24, 1918
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: July 10, 2005 — Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA |
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1912–2004
Birth: 1912
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— Halifax, North Carolina, USA Death: December 24, 2004 |
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1902–1987
Birth: December 15, 1902
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: September 10, 1987 — Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina, USA |
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1912–2004
Birth: 1912
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— Halifax, North Carolina, USA Death: December 24, 2004 |
| Marriage | Marriage — after 1931 — |
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1902–1987
Birth: December 15, 1902
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— Bertie County, North Carolina, USA Death: September 10, 1987 — Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina, USA |
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1908–1977
Birth: November 8, 1908
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— Bertie County, North Carolina Death: February 18, 1977 — Ahoskie, Hertford, North Carolina |
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Shared note
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Josephine Smith Newbern, 92, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004. Mrs. Newbern was born in Halifax County, a daughter of the late Jim Baker and Bessie Perry Baker. She had retired from Dardens Department Store and was a volunteer at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Newbern was active in the First Baptist Church of Ahoskie and a member at Capehart Baptist Church in Merry Hill, N.C. She was predeceased by her husbands, Kermit Smith and Cad Newbern; son, Elton Smith; grandson, Kenneth "Buster" Smith; brothers, William Baker and James Baker; and sister, Gertie Dail. Surviving are her sons, Ray Smith and wife Sue, Douglas Smith and wife Aleta, Rodney Smith and wife Barbara, all of Tyner, N.C., and Jimmie Tracy Smith and wife Judy of Kill Devil Hills, N.C.; grandchildren, Ronnie Smith, Bonnie Langdale, Donna Morris, J.W. Smith, Jonathan Smith, Bryant Smith and Tracey Lynne Smith; great-grandchildren, Sheryl Knowles, Jenna Smith and Blake Austin; great-great-granddaughter, Sara Ellen Knowles; sister, Beulah Sary of Edenton, N.C.; brother, Ed Baker of West Virginia; and her special friend, Dick Collier of Ahoskie. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Garrett Funeral Home in Ahoskie. Interment will be in the Smith Family Cemetery in Tyner. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and other times at the home of her son, Rodney Smith. |
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