PEARL — Gerald C. Baker, 74, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson.

Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl and from noon until 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Fisher Funeral Home in Vicksburg. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

A member of the Mormon faith, Mr. Baker was a 1955 graduate of Central High School, Jackson. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a metallurgist and was employed with Sperry-Vickers for many years.

Survivors include daughters, Jerri Baker Clair and husband Mike of Byram and Tina Baker Jennings and husband Jeff of Pearl; and grandchildren Sarah Clair of Byram and Dani Jennings of Pearl.

He was preceded in death by his parents, C.A. and Ollie Baker of Vicksburg.

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