Wood & Torbert Families

Ethel Baker

b. 24 March 1898, d. 23 January 1994

Ethel Baker was born on 24 March 1898 in Texas.
She married Walter Antone Whitfield, son of John T. Whitfield and Henrietta Ann Taylor, circa 1915.
Walter Antone Whitfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ethel Baker, Walter Guy Whitfield.
Walter Antone Whitfield and Ethel Baker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 499 Madison Street. Other members of the household included Walter Guy Whitfield, William Reid Whitfield and Willie (?)
She was employed as a bookkeeper in a drygoods store, according to the 1930 census.
Walter Antone Whitfield and Ethel Baker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Amelia, Jefferson County, Texas, at Highway 90. Other members of the household included William Reid Whitfield.
She officially witnessed the death of Walter Antone Whitfield on 5 April 1943 at College Street Extension in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; at his residence.
Ethel Baker became a widow at the 5 April 1943 death of her husband Walter Antone Whitfield.
Ethel Baker died on 23 January 1994 at age 95 in Jefferson County, Texas.
She was interred at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.