West Virginia Pioneers
Annie Elizabeth Baker
1919 - 2008 (89 years)-
Name Annie Elizabeth Baker Born 19 Sep 1919 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Female Died 2 Dec 2008 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Ann Elizabeth Skeen - Charleston Newspapers - (Dec/3/2008)
Ann Elizabeth Skeen, 89, of Cottageville departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at her home, surrounded by her family, following an extended illness.
She was born Sept. 19, 1919, in Angerona and was a daughter of the late James Russell and Clara Pearl Sayre Baker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Raymond L. Skeen; sons, Larry Harless and Rocky Lee Skeen; brothers, Hal, Chester and Onley Baker; and sisters, Iris Louine Baker and Avis Ione Raines.
She was a graduate of Union High School, Cottageville, and co-founder and longtime minister of Open Bible Church, Ripley. She and her late husband also ministered through a radio program, The Blessed Hope Hour, for several years. She also wrote a weekly article, And So It Is, for the Jackson Herald.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Roderick and Joan Harless of Dunbar and the Rev. Ben and Marie Skeen of Ripley; daughters and their husbands, Rebecca and Lee Cornett of Cottageville and Barbara and John Upton of Evans; sister, Lila Casto of Evans; 22 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Open Bible Church, Ripley, with the Rev. Frank Ashworth and the Rev. Ben Skeen officiating. Burial will follow in Blaine Memorial Cemetery, Cottageville, with the Rev. David "Guss" Imperio officiating.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
Arrangements are being provided by Casto Funeral Home, Evans.
Person ID I85362 WVPioneers Last Modified 16 Dec 2010
Father James Russell Baker, b. Abt 1885, Tyler County, WV , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Clara Pearl Sayre, b. Mar 1889, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 5 Aug 1908 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 8/5/1908
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Russell Baker, 23, Tyler, Jackson
Clara Sayre, 19, Jackson, Jackson
1910 Union, Jackson, WV # 206-214
Baker, Russel 26 m1 - 2y WVWVWV
Clara 20 m1- 2y 1-0 child WVWVOH
JCBR unnamed female born 5/13/1909
1920 Union, Jackson, WV # 192
Baker, James R 35 WVWVWV
Clara P 28 WVWV OH
Haldron J son 9
Avis I da 5
Iris L da 2
Ann E da 4/12
1930 Union, Jackson, WV # 215-220
Baker, J Russel 46 md age 23
Clara P 40? md age 17
J Haldron son 20
Avice da 16
Louine da 13
Anna E da 10
Chester son 7
Lilah R da 3 7/12
Ann's obit lists brother Onley, could he be Wayne?
Family ID F12564 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 James Isaac Harless, b. 6 Jan 1911, d. 9 Aug 1985 (Age 74 years) Children 1. Roderick Mansfield Harless, b. 13 Feb 1939, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA , d. 26 Sep 2014, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)2. Larry Livingston Harless, b. 18 Apr 1941, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1 Apr 2004 (Age 62 years)Family ID F22103 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Rev Raymond Lee Skeen, b. 23 Dec 1924, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 6 Feb 2005 (Age 80 years) Married 21 Sep 1946 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 9/21/1946 at Ravenswood
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Raymond Lee Skeen, 21, 12/24/1924, Kentuck, Cottageville, BW & Mary J Skeen
Ann Harless, 26, 9/19/1919, Cottageville, Cottageville, Russ Baker & Laura Baker
[Harless? I can't find a previous marriage]
Children 1. Rev Benjamin Clay Skeen 2. Barbara A Skeen 3. Rebecca L Skeen 4. Rocky Lee Skeen, b. 18 May 1947, d. 25 Jan 1973, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 25 years)Family ID F22090 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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