Lena Baker had three children, two of which are now deceased. She is buried behind Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Cuthbert, Georgia.

‘Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story’ is a story of courage and perseverance, although story gaps which are never addressed lend to a bit of confusion for the viewer. Arnold ’s ...

CUTHBERT, Ga. (WALB) - A pardoning decades in the making. The story of Lena Baker, the only woman put to death by an electric chair in the state of Georgia, is still being set straight in the smal ...

Lena Baker claimed she was being held against her ... N.J. A family friend took Baker's three children -- Nelsie, Edna and James Edward -- away from Cuthbert after the April 30, 1944, shooting.