Mary Beadles Baker

Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Cotten Funeral Home, 2201 Neuse Blvd., New Bern, North Carolina with the Rusty Willis, pastor at Riverdale Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Burial will be at the Fayetteville City Cemetery in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Mary B. Baker was born November19, 1925 in Fayetteville, Georgia, the only child of Lynne Payne Beadles and Robert Bennett Beadles. She graduated from Young Harris High School, Young Harris, Georgia. On December 6, 1945, Mary Beadles and John Neil Baker were married in Spalding County, Georgia. Her husband, Neil Baker, was a career U.S. Marine. Their life took them from Atlanta to the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina, where she worked as a supply clerk and secretary. Mary was an active member of Riverdale Methodist Church, New Bern, North Carolina.

During her lifetime, Mary was active in the Order of the Eastern Star of North Carolina, and the Havelock Garden Club.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Bennett Beadles and Lynne Payne Beadles; her husband Neil Baker, and special friend, Carl Tart.

Mary is survived by her nieces and nephews: James F. (Susan) Cadle, Charles Fred (Debbie) Newberry, Jeanie (Scott) Bradshaw, Jerry Neal (Paula) Cadle, and 10 Great nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the Family requests Memorials may be given to Riverdale Methodist Church, 5195 US Highway 70 East, New Bern, NC. Friends are invited to share memories and sign the online guest book by visiting www.cottenfuneralhome.com.

The family of Mary Baker wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Sis Cox, special friend and caregiver of Mary Baker.

Arrangements are by Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory.