COMMERCE – Sarah Claudine Baird, 77, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at her residence.
Mrs. Baird was born in Commerce, the daughter of the late Claude and Hassie Mae McElreath Echols. She was a member of Full Gospel Holiness Church and was retired from Westclox. Mrs. Baird was preceded in death by her husband, Farris O Dean Baird; and a daughter, Judy Lynn Baird.
Survivors include daughters, Myra Kitchens and Sheila Tanner, both of Commerce; sons, Marty Baird, Commerce, and Randy Baird, Leesburg, Fla.; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; aunt, Aleen Neisler, Commerce; and sister-in-law, Louise Maxwell, Nicholson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, September 19, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home with the Revs. Toby Dyer, Larry Dyer, and Marty Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Howington Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday, September 18, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.