- Date Of Birth: September 22, 1941
- Date Of Death: December 27, 2022
- State: Mississippi
Ernest Roy Baker Sr. passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at his home at the age of 81.
Roy was born on September 22, 1941 in Biloxi, MS to Orion and Eula Baker. Ernest was a natural athlete. He was a 1959 graduate of Ocean Springs High School, playing as quarter back and receiving the title, Mr. OSHS. He attended Perkinston College and played on the tennis team, winning 2 state championships. He received a degree from Southern Miss in Business Administration. He continued sports after college on the Ocean Springs Men’s softball team. He served in MS National Guard, and retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding in January of 2006 after 31 years of service. He went back a short time later as a consultant for Ingalls for several years. Roy was not a man of idleness, during all this time he also worked as a realtor and real estate broker.
There was more to this man than sports and an education. His attention was drawn to a beautiful, green-eyed girl, Peggy George. He and Peggy married in 1974 and together they raised two children, Roy Jr. and Margo. Forty-eight years later she was still the one. He was a loving father, husband, provider and protector. Faithful through the good and bad this giant of a man was loved greatly.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Orion S. Baker (Mae), Robert E. Baker Sr. (Shirley) and Chester Mack Baker (Alice) and sister-in-law, Joann George Anderson (Chic).
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Baker of Gautier, MS; two children, Ernest Roy Baker Jr and his wife Jenny and Margo Baker Simmons and her husband Dell of Vancleave, MS.; sister, LaNell Yarrow; brothers and sisters-in-law, J.B. George Jr., Kathleen George Parker (Roger), Eric Richard George (Monica), Carole George Griffin (Gary); grandchildren, Alexis “Lexie” Thibodeaux (Jake), McKenna Simmons (Curtis), Alec Simmons, Braelynn Simmons, Grace Baker, Charlotte Baker, Robert “Bobby” Baker; great grandchildren, Brantley Thibodeaux, Ava Thibodeaux, Brooklyn Simmons and Bryleigh Ryan.
