Gerald Baker:  

My brother Sylvester (Chris), and I came to Bond School from Apalachicola, FL. Some teachers were Ms. Kilpatrick, Blackshear, Spearman, McLin,etc, and the Principal was Ms Lillian Spencer!Under Ms. Laster, I was trained and participated in essay contests and spelling bees. I was the spelling champ for Leon County throughout my years at Bond, and up to eleventh grade at FAMU High School (lost that year on the word 'bouquet'). Completed high school at FAMU, then went to New York to Harlem Hospital School of Nursing--finished in 1957. That same year, I married Samuel Baker (Tallahassee), and we were married for 47 and a half years until his demise in 2004. We had two sons; one expired in 1991, three weeks before his 30th birthday. My older son lives with his family in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I have three grandchilren and one beautiful great grand daughter. I am a retired Registered Nurse, but yet very active in community and church entities and I have lived here in Lawrenceville since 2004; previously lived in New York, Texas, and then to Georgia. I love to write, and have been journaling steadily since 1965. I'm very active in my church activities and I'm so thankful and blessed to be involved with this membership. I'm grateful, also, to be healthy! Planning to attend the Bond School Reunion in Tallahasse this year, in July. My brother also lives here in the Atlanta area. I am fore...Expand for more