Mrs. Myra Blanche Baker, age 96, of Winfield passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024 in the Generations of Vernon Nursing Facility. Mrs. Baker was born in Winfield, Alabama on October 12, 1927 to William Isaac Perry and Hettie Irene Weeks Perry. Blanche was a past member of the Harmony Grove Baptist Church and attended Winfield City High School. After high school she became a cosmetologist and owned and operated Blanche’s House of Charm in Winfield for many years. She later attended Athens State University where she earned her master’s degree in education. Blanche then became a cosmetology instructor, first for Lawson State Community College and later Bevill State Community College, where she remained until her retirement. Blanche was skilled at cooking, art, quilting, and sewing and she thoroughly enjoyed studying her family genealogy.

Mrs. Baker is survived by her sons, Stanley Milford Baker (Alfonso) of Richmond, VA, and Phillip William Baker (Jayne) of Pace, FL, grandchildren, Jaime Amanda Walker (Greg), and Jared Philip Baker (Alyssa), great-grandchildren, Emalyn Ann LeBlanc, and Gabriel Dane LeBlanc, and close friend, Dianne Miles.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Baker was preceded in death by her husband, Columbus Milford Baker, daughter-in-law Jane Arleen Baker, and siblings, Redus Perry, Erline Tucker, Labon Perry, and Joe Perry.

Funeral services For Mrs. Baker will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024 commencing with visitation at 12:00 noon followed by a service at 1:00 p.m. at the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel in Winfield. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Crestview Memorial Gardens in Adamsville, Alabama.

Bowen Funeral Home serving the Baker family.