WAYCROSS — Mr. Roger Dale Baker, 72, of Blackshear, died Wednesday night, May 31, 2023 at Memorial Satilla Health after an extended illness.
He was born in Ware County to the late Mason T. Baker and Helen Ruth Strickland Baker. He worked for CSX Transportation as a machinist from forty-two years where he retired in 2009.
He loved to play the guitar and sing, go fishing, and was an avid NASCAR racing fan. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Ira Walker.
Mr. Baker is survived by his wife Valerie Baker of Blackshear, his daughter, Edie Carter and her husband Alvin of Blackshear, a step-son, Ronnie Carter and his wife Dana of Blackshear, four grandchildren, Lena Mixon and her husband Bryce, Gavin Carter, Lily Carter, Grayson Carter, one great granddaughter, Mayleigh Mixon, six brother and sisters, Linda Walker of Waycross, Jerald Baker of Waycross, Patricia Corbitt and her husband Leon of Blackshear, Darlene Byrne and her husband David of Jackson, Georgia, Diane Strickland of Blackshear, Rose Johns and her husband Otis of Hickox, and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, June 3, 2023) in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
