Life History

Notes

• 1940 Federal Census, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, 30 April, Henry Township, District 56-14, Page 16B, Hse #300, Rents $2
  Smith, Mart Head M W 50 Married Grade 0 b b Georgia Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1890]
  Smith, Susie Wife F W 36 Married Grade 3 b Okla Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1904]
  Smith, Fred Son M W 19 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1921]
  Smith, Marvin Son M W 16 Single Grade 4 b Oklahoma Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1921]
  Smith, Flossie Dau F W 13 Single Grade 4 b Texas Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1927]
  Smith, Aletta Dau F W 7 Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1933]
  Smith, Treman Son M W 3 Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1937]
  Smith, Leeman Son M W 1 Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma Rural Okmulgee Co in 1935 [b abt 1939]
  
  I was surprised to find that while genealogies generally report Aletta's date of death as 8 September 1971, the only document I have seen on the date is her obituary, also posted on some of these genealogies, which reprots that she died Tuesday night.  Tuesday of that week was 7 September 1971.  I have not seen a burial memorial or photo of her grave marker.  She did not have a memorial on Find a Grave,a nd searches turn up no other obituary.or burial information.
  
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  Obituary of Aletta Ruth Smith Baker
  
  Services will be held Friday [10 September 1971] at 2pm in the Assembly of God Church for Aletta Ruth Baker.
  
  Mrs Baker, 39, died Tuesday night [7 September 1971] in Henryetta Hospital from injuries she received in an automobile accident June 9.
  
  She was a resident of 701 E Meacham and was a former waitress and nurse's aid.
  
  She was born June 14, 1932 in Love County, moving to Henryetta in 1933.  She was a member of Calvary Faith Pentecostal Church.
  
  Survivors include her husband James Baker; two daughters, Barbara and Debbie Baker; one son Jim Baker, all of the home; two sisters, Mrs Flossie Smith, Henryetta, and Mrs Alice Hughes, Henderson, Kentucky; three brothers, Andy Smith, Henryetta, Treman Smith of Ketchican, Alaska; her mother and father, Mr and Mrs Mart Smith, 407 E Division Henryetta.
  
  Rev Jack Hayhurst will officiate assisted by Rev Doyle Davis.
  
  Interment will be in the Senora [sic, Sonora] Cemetery under the direction of the Wood Funeral Home.
  --  Obituary of Aletta Smith-Baker, newspaper unknown, clipping courtesy of Brenda Hicks, on Ancestry.com, posted 08 Sep 2014, accessed 22 September 2016
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Sources

• 1. Obituaries from Oklahoma
• 2. 1940 Federal Census, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
  • 30 April, Henry Township, District 56-14, Page 16B, Hse #300, Rents $2