Mable Ida Baker Yoakum, 99, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2008, in Tecumseh.

She was born October 5, 1908, in Hartford, Arkanasas to Samuel and Elizabeth Studdard Baker.

Mable was named by her sisters, her full name is Mae Mable Ida Fannie Maggie Lena Baker, but was shortened to Mable Ida. To all of the grandkids, she was lovingly known as "Bumba".

She was one of ten children eight sisters and one brother.

She married Lawrence Ivan "Charlie" Yoakum from Dixon, Missouri on December 6, 1926, in Cameron, Oklahoma. They raised three children, Charlsie May, Clara Jean and Carol Ray {C.R.}.

Mable was the first telephone operator in Earlsboro. Later she worked at the Sunset Estates nursing home and the Sylvania plant in Shawnee, then she worked at the Earlsboro Public School as a cafeteria cook, retiring in 1977.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Charlie, parents, her brother, eight sisters and her beloved daughter, Clara Jean.

She is survived by her daughter, Charlsie of Broken Arrow, her son, C. R. and wife, Pat, of Tecumseh, 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and 39 great-great grandchildren.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. today.

Service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Resthaven Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.