Roosevelt Curry never knew his great-aunt, but her story has haunted him for many years.Curry is the great-grandnephew of Lena Baker, who in 1945, bec.

ATTAPULGUS, GA (WALB) –Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of a pardon given to a Southwest Georgia woman, six decades after she was executed. Lena Baker was a maid who killed her boss in self ...

Lena Baker was convicted for the murder of her boss, E.B. Knight, in the city of Cuthbert in 1944. Baker ... Roosevelt Curry was responsible for the memorial service.

Mr. ROOSEVELT CURRY (Great-Nephew of Lena Baker): It's the right thing. They can give me all the papers they want to. Everybody in this world can talk to me, but you ...

Oct. 22—More than 4,200 residents in Curry and Roosevelt counties by Monday morning had already voted for the Nov. 5 election. Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland said 2,301 had voted early at the ...

Lena Baker claimed that she was being held against her will by a ... “The family doesn’t need to go down in history with a bad name,” said Roosevelt Curry, 59, the grandson of Baker’s ...

"The most important thing is getting her name cleared," said Roosevelt Curry, 59, the grandson of Baker's brother, Oscar Baker. "The family doesn't need to go down in history with a bad name.

Jan. 4—A blast of arctic air swooped down on Curry and Roosevelt counties on Saturday, New Year's Day, and Sunday, driving temperatures down to near zero as winds gusted up to 31 miles per hour ...

Roosevelt Curry, a grandnephew of Lena Baker, displays a declaration of pardon to the media on Tuesday. Gregory Smith / AP. Aug. 30, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press.

The Lena Baker dedication today at the… ATLANTA - The only woman ever to die in Georgia's electric chair is receiving a headstone at a dedication ceremony, more than 65 years after she was executed.

“I believe she’s somewhere around God’s throne and can look down and smile,” reflects Curry. Based on the book, The Lena Baker Story by Lela Bond Phillips, the film was written, produced ...