Obituary of Gerald L. Baird

September 25, 2007 OBITUARY Gerald Len Baird, age 55, of Circle Drive, West, Vilas, died Tuesday morning, September 25, 2007 at Watauga Medical Center. Born July 19, 1952 in Watauga County, he was a son of Bennie and Margaret Louise Greene Baird. Gerald was a member of Cove Creek Baptist Church and was a truck driver for WalMart, Inc. He is survived by; his mother, Louise Greene Baird of Vilas; two sons, Aaron Gregory Baird of Roan Mountain, Tennessee and Travis Jackson Baird of Granite Falls; his brother, Kenneth Jackson Baird of Jackson, Georgia; and his sister, Barbara Baird Balsamo, of Haymarket, Virginia. He was preceded in death by one brother, Michael Baird and his father, Bennie Baird. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Mike Warren. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 7:30, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. Private entombment will be at the Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, in care of Glenda Hodges, 810 Parkcrest Drive, Boone, NC 28607 or to the Cove Creek Baptist Church, Post Office Box 68, Sugar Grove, NC 28679. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Baird family.