EARL MCKINLEY BAPTISTE

Funeral Services for Earl McKinley Baptiste will be Saturday, May 20, 2017, 1 p.m. at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, 104 Tenth Street, Baldwin, La.
Visitation will be Saturday, May 20, 2017, from 10 a.m. until the commencement of the funeral service at Greater New Hope Baptist Church.
He will be buried in the Greater New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.
Earl McKinley Baptiste, 87, departed this life suddenly on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Laura Monette Baptiste; seven daughters, Catherline
Shepherd, Wanda Baptiste Smith, Janice Baptiste (Luther Joseph), Paula (Herbert) Bell, Yolanda Linton, Earline Baptiste, and Charla (Charles) Rivers; four sisters, Benedict Fleming, Viola Thomas (Allen Brooks), Carrie (Maxie) Jackson, and Betty Guy; two brother in-laws, Morgan Thomas and Charles Bourgeois; Thirteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Curly and Regina Baptiste; one son, Erwin Tron McDaniel; five sisters, Shirley Baptiste, Beverly Williams, Phoebie LeBlanc, Genevia Pradia, and Lillie Mae Bourgeois.
MK DIXON Funeral Home is in charge of final arrangements, 337-940-9253, 211 Main Street, Baldwin, La. 70514. www.mkdixonfh.com.