Carolyn Pierce Baker

Carolyn Pierce Baker of Little Rock died Wednesday, October 21, 2015. She was born March 30, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee to William and Ethyle Pierce. She attended Southern Methodist University. She and T. Harri Baker married in 1955 and were married for 49 years until Dr. Baker's death in 2004. They raised two daughters. Ms. Baker and her family moved to Little Rock in 1969. Ms. Baker was involved in the Pulaski County League of Women Voters; the Arkansas Women's Political Caucus; the Pulaski County Democratic Committee; the Pulaski County Election Commission; Advocates for Battered Women; and the Little Rock Panel of American Women. Ms. Baker served as Human Relations Coordinator for the Panel of American Women, and implemented the pioneering Green Circle program in Little Rock schools between 1972 and 1975. In 1975, Ms. Baker returned to school to complete her bachelor's degree, and obtained a law degree in 1981. Ms. Baker worked as a Deputy Public Defender, Staff Attorney for the Arkansas Public Service Commission, and Staff Attorney for the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Ms. Baker is survived by Jana Baker Hunter, an educator in Little Rock; Cathy Baker Chatman, an attorney in Sacramento, California; sons-in-law, Richard Hunter and Steve Chatman; grandchildren, Kyle Chatman, Rick Hunter, Sarah Chatman Vercruysse, Pierce Hunter, and Cari Hunter Reed, and their spouses; great-grandchildren, Harrison Hunter, Arthur Chatman, and Lucy Hunter; and a sister, Marilyn Waterhouse. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Roselawn Memorial Park followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Little Rock School District Title I Families in Transition Program in care of Asbury United Methodist Church, Emmanuel Sunday School Class, 1700 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenal.