Emma Ruth Kerr Baker of Irving, Texas passed away on December 15, 2010. Ruth, 85, was born in McKinney, Texas but also lived in Massachusetts, England and finally in Moraga, California. She was a true Southern woman who personified classiness and aplomb. Ruth embodied humor, wisdom, strength and resilience. She valued the time spent with her family preparing meals, baking cookies and attending recitals or the sporting events of her grandchildren. Her caring, gracious and selfless personality will live on. Ruth was preceded in death by her spouse of 56 years, Ray and her parents Clyde and Roger, as well as, her siblings Mary, Harold, Alma, Dudley, and Billy. She is survived by her remaining siblings, Lois, Joyce, Patricia and Phyllis, her son Ron and wife Carol of Dallas, daughter Renee Bagley and husband David of Moraga, CA and eight grandchildren, Keith, Cara, Ben and Maryann Baker and Forrest, Cameron, Noah and Sydney Bagley. The rosary will be prayed at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, Irving, Texas at 7 pm on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas at 10 am, Wednesday, December 22, 2010 followed by interment at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.