Matilda Elizabeth Baker Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Matilda Elizabeth Baker of Highlands, North Carolina, born in Alvarado, Texas, who passed away on May 8, 2024 at the age of 103. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Matilda farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Matilda is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Dr. William Jackson Cummings, Sr. and Lela Lena Hefner Cummings; and her siblings, Imogene Cummings Sansom, Maurice H. Cummings, Alpha Theta Cummings McLeroy, Jay Frank Cummings and Polly Cummings Kline.
She is survived by: her brother Dr. William Jackson Cummings, Jr. of Tyler, Texas; her son Dr. J. Scott Baker (Rebecca Lynne Baker) of Highlands; and her grandchildren, T. Forrest Baker of Takasaki, Japan and Bailey Elizabeth Baker of Brooklyn.
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