Wilbur Leslie Baird

1906 - 1972  (66 years)

• Name	Wilbur Leslie Baird
  Born	24 Jun 1906	Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1972	Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
  Buried	15 Nov 1972	Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I10571	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Ruby Othel Carwile,   b. 2 Jan 1914, Comanche, Comanche County, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1975, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. Peggy Othel Baird,   b. 6 Mar 1931, McCamey, Upton County, Texas, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1999, Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F4673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Jun 1906 - Moran, Shackelford County, Texas, USA Died - 13 Nov 1972 - Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA Buried - 15 Nov 1972 - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Wilbur Leslie Baird Name: Wilbur Leslie Baird Gender: Male Race: White Age: 34 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 24 Jun 1906 Birth Place: Moro, Texas [Moran, Texas] Residence Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA Employer: Stanolind Oil & Gas Company Height: 6' Weight: 185 lbs. Complexion: Light Hair Color: Blonde Eye Color: Gray Next of Kin: Wilbur L. Baird
  		Death Certificate for Wilbur Leslie Baird Name: Wilburn Leslie Baird Gender: Male Race: White Age: 66 Birth Date: 24 Jun 1906 Birth Place: Moran, Texas Residence: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA Death Date: 13 Nov 1972 Death Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA Father: C. W. Baird Mother: Dillie Melton Spouse: Pauline Baird Certificate Number: 90317
  		Holdup Victim Dies - Wilbur Leslie Baird Published in The Odessa American on November 14, 1972
  		Obituary of Wilbur Leslie Baird Published in The Odessa American on November 14, 1972

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of Wilbur Leslie Baird Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA Plot: Resurrection Plot 249, Lot 1
  		Footstone of Wilbur Leslie Baird Sunset Memorial Gardens - Odessa, Texas, USA Plot: Resurrection Plot 249, Lot 1

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Holdup Victim Dies Of Gunshot Wounds Wilbur L. Baird, the 67-year-old liquor store owner who was shot as he attempted to prevent a holdup at his place of business at 42nd and Kermit Highway Nov. 3, died Monday about 8:30 p.m. at Medical Center Hospital. Baird was shot in the stomach by a gunman. He was operated on hours after the incident and had remained in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the hospice since. According to hospital spokesman, Baird appeared to be making some progress towards recovery, but took a drastic turn Monday. "That type of injury is hard to tell about sometimes." a nursing supervisor said. "Mr. Baird was in pretty bad condition, but he did appear to make some progress. He was never really out of danger at any time of the past week and a half, though." Twenty-eight-year-old Leonard Lee Giddens, an ex-convict who was arrested and charged with armed robbery in connection with the incident, may now face a charge of murder. Sheriff's captain George Olesh was preparing new charges Tuesday morning, but said it would be afternoon before they could be filed. "It's now a matter of dropping one of the charges against Giddens and adding a new one." Olesh said. Giddens was also charged with assault with intent to murder, as well as armed robbery. He is being held in lieu of $40,000 bond on the two charges, which were filed with Justice of the Peace Howard Williams. The armed robbery charge was filed following Giddens arrest by city detectives hours after the incident, and the assault with intent to murder charge was filed a couple of days later. The charge of assault with intent to murder will be dropped, according to Olesh. Giddens is presently in custody at Ector County jail. Funeral services for Baird will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Baird was born June 24, 1906, at Moran. He married Pauline M. Page on Sept. 6, 1942, in Odessa. He came here from Wink in 1936. Baird retired earlier this year, after 36 years as a pumper with Humble Oil Co. He served aboard a naval submarine for 3 1/2 years during World War II. He was a member of the Elks, VFW and the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. Survivors include his wife, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Carole Coleman of Lubbock and Mrs. Betsy Draper of Burleson; his mother, Mrs. C.W. Baird of Cisco; two brothers, Archie Baird of Cisco and L.D. Baird of Andrews; six sisters, Elva DeArmand of Corsicana, Neola Cockrell of Corpus Christi, Odee Price of Houston, Meada Horn and Jewel Thompson of Cisco, Ruth Strickbein of Odessa and six grandchildren. (Published in The Odessa American on November 14, 1972)