Honorary Chairman of the Board for Mrs. Baird's bakery.
From the Dallas Morning News, Thursday, March 25, 1965, Sec. 1, p. 31:
Fort Worth, Texas, -- Funeral arrangements for Deward C. Baird, 76, of Houston, honorary chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, were pending here Wednesday night.
Mr. Baird, a native of Parsons, Tenn., and a Houston resident for 28 years, died Houston Wednesday.
He was the son of the late Mrs. Ninnie L. Baird, founder and chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, which grew from a home kitchen bakery into the largest independent baking organization in America. Mrs. Baird died in 1961.
Mr. Baird moved to Fort Worth from Covington, Tenn., in 1901, and lived here until 1937. His father, the late W. A. Baird, opened a restaurant across from the Santa Fe railroad station. He died in 1908 after which his wife began her famed bakery here.
Mr. Deward Baird supervised the building and operating of the Houston bakery and was named president of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries in 1945. In 1956 he was named vice-chairman of the board and became chairman in 1961. He was named honorary chairman when he retired in 1961.
He was a member of the Baptist Church and the Julian Field Masonic Temple in Fort Worth.
Survivors: Wife; four sons, William D. Baird of Dallas, Robert N. Baird of Fort Worth, Clayton D. Baird of Houston and Eddie Jack Baird of Amarillo; three sisters, Mrs. Bess McDonald, Mrs. E. C. Cummins and Mrs. Ed Hyde of Fort Worth; three brothers, W. Hoyt Baird and C. B. Baird of Fort Worth and Roland W. Baird of Johnson City, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
From the Dallas Morning News, Thursday, March 25, 1965, Sec. 1, p. 31:
Fort Worth, Texas, -- Funeral arrangements for Deward C. Baird, 76, of Houston, honorary chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, were pending here Wednesday night.
Mr. Baird, a native of Parsons, Tenn., and a Houston resident for 28 years, died Houston Wednesday.
He was the son of the late Mrs. Ninnie L. Baird, founder and chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, which grew from a home kitchen bakery into the largest independent baking organization in America. Mrs. Baird died in 1961.
Mr. Baird moved to Fort Worth from Covington, Tenn., in 1901, and lived here until 1937. His father, the late W. A. Baird, opened a restaurant across from the Santa Fe railroad station. He died in 1908 after which his wife began her famed bakery here.
Mr. Deward Baird supervised the building and operating of the Houston bakery and was named president of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries in 1945. In 1956 he was named vice-chairman of the board and became chairman in 1961. He was named honorary chairman when he retired in 1961.
He was a member of the Baptist Church and the Julian Field Masonic Temple in Fort Worth.
Survivors: Wife; four sons, William D. Baird of Dallas, Robert N. Baird of Fort Worth, Clayton D. Baird of Houston and Eddie Jack Baird of Amarillo; three sisters, Mrs. Bess McDonald, Mrs. E. C. Cummins and Mrs. Ed Hyde of Fort Worth; three brothers, W. Hoyt Baird and C. B. Baird of Fort Worth and Roland W. Baird of Johnson City, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Honorary Chairman of the Board for Mrs. Baird's bakery.
From the Dallas Morning News, Thursday, March 25, 1965, Sec. 1, p. 31:
Fort Worth, Texas, -- Funeral arrangements for Deward C. Baird, 76, of Houston, honorary chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, were pending here Wednesday night.
Mr. Baird, a native of Parsons, Tenn., and a Houston resident for 28 years, died Houston Wednesday.
He was the son of the late Mrs. Ninnie L. Baird, founder and chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, which grew from a home kitchen bakery into the largest independent baking organization in America. Mrs. Baird died in 1961.
Mr. Baird moved to Fort Worth from Covington, Tenn., in 1901, and lived here until 1937. His father, the late W. A. Baird, opened a restaurant across from the Santa Fe railroad station. He died in 1908 after which his wife began her famed bakery here.
Mr. Deward Baird supervised the building and operating of the Houston bakery and was named president of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries in 1945. In 1956 he was named vice-chairman of the board and became chairman in 1961. He was named honorary chairman when he retired in 1961.
He was a member of the Baptist Church and the Julian Field Masonic Temple in Fort Worth.
Survivors: Wife; four sons, William D. Baird of Dallas, Robert N. Baird of Fort Worth, Clayton D. Baird of Houston and Eddie Jack Baird of Amarillo; three sisters, Mrs. Bess McDonald, Mrs. E. C. Cummins and Mrs. Ed Hyde of Fort Worth; three brothers, W. Hoyt Baird and C. B. Baird of Fort Worth and Roland W. Baird of Johnson City, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
From the Dallas Morning News, Thursday, March 25, 1965, Sec. 1, p. 31:
Fort Worth, Texas, -- Funeral arrangements for Deward C. Baird, 76, of Houston, honorary chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, were pending here Wednesday night.
Mr. Baird, a native of Parsons, Tenn., and a Houston resident for 28 years, died Houston Wednesday.
He was the son of the late Mrs. Ninnie L. Baird, founder and chairman of the board of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, which grew from a home kitchen bakery into the largest independent baking organization in America. Mrs. Baird died in 1961.
Mr. Baird moved to Fort Worth from Covington, Tenn., in 1901, and lived here until 1937. His father, the late W. A. Baird, opened a restaurant across from the Santa Fe railroad station. He died in 1908 after which his wife began her famed bakery here.
Mr. Deward Baird supervised the building and operating of the Houston bakery and was named president of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries in 1945. In 1956 he was named vice-chairman of the board and became chairman in 1961. He was named honorary chairman when he retired in 1961.
He was a member of the Baptist Church and the Julian Field Masonic Temple in Fort Worth.
Survivors: Wife; four sons, William D. Baird of Dallas, Robert N. Baird of Fort Worth, Clayton D. Baird of Houston and Eddie Jack Baird of Amarillo; three sisters, Mrs. Bess McDonald, Mrs. E. C. Cummins and Mrs. Ed Hyde of Fort Worth; three brothers, W. Hoyt Baird and C. B. Baird of Fort Worth and Roland W. Baird of Johnson City, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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