It's August already in 2011. It's coming up on a year since  you left us all and it's a day we don't even want to think about. But we live it each day because you've never left our minds , or our hearts. Andrew graduated high school this year, along with your beautiful grand-daughter Anna. As I stood beside Andrew on this special day for him, he said to me, " I'm Happy Mama, but Paw Paw isn't here, so it isn't the same. I miss him so much " In my heart, I know you looked from Heaven on those days of Anna and Andrew and stood proud along side Jesus.  Terry just had his birthday, a day where you always came over for dinner and cake. Terry didn't even want a cake this year, I could see in his face, he thought about you that day ( as with many others )  and he was sad to not have his dad present. HE told us his greatest present he could have would be to have " His dad back , standing right here " . You were loved Larry, by us all and you held a special part is each Heart you left behind.

Back in 1988 when Terry ( Larry's son ) and I got together, Larry and Terry used to attend the weekly Billiard tournament at Midway Diner in Lanexa, Virginia. There was a time when Mark ( Larry's son) would come here and they would all three enter the tournaments. Well, needless to say, BILLIARDS was the Baker specialty and look out to anyone who was unlucky enough to go against one of them, let alone two or three of them ! lol After so many tournaments and it was always a BAKER that won... The diner got to the point where, in all fairness they would only allow ONE of the BAKER"S to enter the tournament. lol What a time that was!

This video was the last one we got of Larry ( Dad ) . He passed away 11 days later. We loved this time with him, celebrating his 70 th birthday, spending time at his home, cooking out. And he had 3 of his grandbabies there with him.. Andrew, Ashley and Alesha. Mark  and Terry ( His sons ) and Missy and Jackie ( Daughter in-laws ) In this video Terry was recording and Terry and Mark were making fun of his beard he had decided to grow out. His last words in the video.... Terry said , ' I love you Dad. "  Larry said " I love you too.". God how we miss his presence!

papa we all love you and we all will  be ther to see you one day i sit here and think about you all the time and when i am bout to do something i think wat will my papa like me to do luv you

You Look so handsome Grandpa I wish I could have been there with you to celebrate your 70th birthday I love you so much and I miss you I hope that wherever you are now you know that you were a person that I always looked up to Forever you will always be in my heart

Love your granddaughter,

 Anna Maria

I will never forget the very first day i met grandpa larry baker my mom dad and i went to Virginia to visit him and I remember sitting in his backyard in his boat at night and looking up at the stars I was probably 3 or 4 and i said grandpa when can i go fishin with you? Then in Conneaut we spent the whole day together wen I was about 12 you took me to mcdonalds and you bought me  a happy meal that had a ty beanie bear inside then you took me to the beach for some ice cream and we just talked with our toes in the sand you were more like a father to me than anyone in the world ever was Sometimes I still dont believe that you are gone and I want to just pick up the phone and call you just to tell you how much I love you and how much I miss you and how much you mean to me I am so sorry that you are gone I wish I would have gotten to see you more in my lifetime but I guess thats out of the question I wish that you could have met my husband he would have loved you I will always love you and one day we will see eachother again I love you Pa Pa Rest In Paradise <3

sitting here member that time i was at his house in his back bedroom sad and he came back and cheeed me up that day was his birthday now sitting her i wish that day was still here we all miss you pal pal and we will always remember you in our hearts...love you!!!

 9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
   and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10 no harm will overtake you,
   no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
   to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
 

As Im setting here reading and looking at the picture's..Im thinking to myself why??  Then a thought came over me ,they say GOD has a plan for us all .what his plans are is no one guess, but it had to be larry's time and god planned to take him now and not later..it was his calling and then i say to myself, did WE ever stop and think that god knew something WE did'nt.{maybe}wishing larry was here may be selfish on our part..there was  one thing larry told his son mark that he was'nt scared of much in his life. but ...." he was afraid to die!" so i say is that why god made it easy on him?and if so we know now that god was listening and has a very special place for larry.. and now let US all thank god for answering his prayers..we well all miss you larry but someday we will all be together again.so untill then thanks for all the laughter and the love you gave us all!!! love and miss you...~melissa~                                                                                                                      P.S.         on behalf of myself and mark{ larry's son} we want to thank all larry's friends for there love and friendship.and may you all keep larry close to your hearts.cause if you was one of the lucky one's to be larry's friend you had to be someone special . we all know larry pick his friends wisely!!!!!!     thanks

 How we wish we could hear you come through the door showing us something interesting you found to tinker with and make like new. Your knack for those nifty things was impeckable!

....Your boisterous laugh and your words of cheer, when Christmas came and you were with us here. How you loved every grand-child, every child the same.... wether they be blood to you or a new found friend . Your smile, your laugh your special way made us all feel better to have known you , come what may.

So , I say this to you, my father ( in-law ) no matter what they say, you knew, we here with you knew, how special we all were to you. God lends us a hedge of protection, the angels from above, to guard us with their love. But Christ said he was ready for you to "come on home". Your place had been prepared.

Love you Larry.

I made this site for you,  to pass along love and to allow those around you, who cherished you to express their true feelings. The important thing is, wether we lived with you, near you or simply made you a part of our every day lives, you were special and loved by MANY!!!  And after all, isn't that all that we can HOPE and PRAY for with our time here on Earth that is limited?

Would like you all to know: We welcome larry's first great-grand-daughter  KYLEE MARIE FORSTNER on : november 1,2010  at 6:04 pm { 6lb 2oz and 20inch} sad that larry not here to see her. but we all know he's watching over her . larry would of loved to see kylee and love her like he loved us all !!!! Parents of kylee are larry's grand-daughter amanda baker and her partner michael forstner ..grand-parents are mark and melissa baker{larry's son and his wife} we will someday tell kylee all about  her great- paw-paw and she will know how great of a man he was ..always in our thoughts ~ never will we forget the wonderful time's we all shared with him .....~melissa ~

Larry was my father-in law and paw paw to my four girl's amanda baker,amber baker,alesha baker and ashley baker i knew larry for 25 and a half years of his life and that man "NEVER" treated me any different then any one of his own children. he is the reason i was so lucky to be part of his life.see he became my neighbor way back when and then brought  mark and kim to live with him .i was out riding my bike one day and rode past thier  trailer and larry had said to mark "go chase that one down" and tell her i won"t tell if she won"t tell .. and been part of there family since{1985}..with  "NO REGRETS"!!!!! then larry had moved to virgina but we always stayed in contact with him we had made many trips down there and larry had made a few here{ohio}there was a few time thought out the years that we had moved there but always managed to find our way back home .The last trip we made was  on october 7 thur the 10 of this year ..while we was there we decided to celebrate larry 70th birthday . So terry and his wife {jackie} and there boys {mitchell,andrew} got together at larrys house and had a cook out and we had went and bought larry his favorite cake {germen chocolate and peacan ice cream} and just enjoyed each company for the day which was on october 9 ,2010 .larry birthday was october 13 but  since we was leaving before his birthday we wanted to celebrate it with him ....never had any idea that that would be our last..... Only if we knew we would of stayed longer.......... so in memory of larry  I thank you for sharing your life with me and loving my children , your voice well never be forgotten ,your laughter well always be heard and your face well always and forever be in my thoughts... love and miss you larry!!!!!!!!! your daughter-in-law...melissa

Terry snapped this picture of Dad as he walked in to our house for Christmas 2009. He came for dinner, as he always did at Christmas and had such a great time just hanging out and watching football with us.  Boy, could he get riled over a football game!!!

Terry took this picture of Larry when he came to see Me ( Jackie ) sing with the band Southern Roots . He has always been a big supporter, coming to all the contests I've been in and praising me. I'll miss seeing his face in the crowd. One song he Loved was a country song by Miranda Lambert caled, White Liar, of which I sang the night of this photo. He loved it.

This picture was taken of LArry and Andrew when we went to Powhatan  to visit him . Andrew was 8 months old in this picture and as you can see, Paw Paw LOVED his grandbabies! Each and every one of them .

This photo was LArry and James ( his brother ) at the family reunion of which he faithfully attended. Unfortunatley this would be the last photo taken with Uncle James , he passed away in January 2010. Larry took pride in being a BAKER and coming from WEST VIRGINIA. HE always had happy stories of his time there.

In this photo, provided by Larry's friend, he is sporting his new birthday dud's given to him by Mark and Missy, and his new look! He had just trimmed his beard and added some color character. He told us he colored his beard because he was getting " no respect " with it gray! He said as soon as he colored it, he got ALL KINDS OF RESPECT!

This photo was also courtesy of Larry's friends. Here he is with his wonderful smile. Always loving life and friends who loved him. He is missed by so Many!!

There is Larry and Leigh. This photo also courtesy of friends. Larry so enjoyed getting out and about and spending time with close friends.

This picture was posted thanks to Chunky and Leigh. Two of the most fabulous people and friends  anyone could ask for. Larry loved so much spending time with them.

LArry was so proud of Mitchell going to West Virginia University.

Larry's grandson Andrew.  He loved his paw paw  and Larry LOVED to hear him play guitar! this was his tuff guy pose.

In this photo are Mark and Missy. Larry's son and his wife. They came down from Ohio to visit and we decided to celebrate LArry's Birthday while they were here. Since it was only a few days away. We wanted to all be together.

This picture was taken October 9, 2010. It shows Mark, Terry and Larry in his backyard. We were preparing to cook out and enjoy a beautiful day in celebration of Larry's 70, th Birthday. HE was so happy to be there with us all.

larry at a halloween show at randalls in williamsburg. larry always came out to support sideshow addiction. it was always a treat to see him dance with one of the ladies. you will truely be missed larry. may the four winds blow you safely home...............(~);}

If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane We would walk right up to heaven And bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken No time to say goodbye You were gone before we knew it And only God knows why Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow What it meant to lose you No one will ever know But now we know you want us To mourn for you no more To remember all the happy times Life still has much in store Since you'll never be forgotten We pledge to you today A cherished place within our heart Is where you'll always stay!!!