
Mary Baker Adkins, 83, of Ona, formerly of Lincoln County, WV, went home to be with the Lord on December 22, 2025. She was born February 6, 1942, in West Hamlin, WV, daughter of the late Wetzel Harlan Baker and Jewell Ruth Brumfield Baker. She was also preceded in death by her twin sister Martha Conrad, brother Bernard Baker, father of her children Douglas Adkins, and son-in-law Joshua Rowe. She is survived by two daughters Vanessa Hensley (Ronnie) of Branchland, WV, and Rhoda Rowe of Ona, WV; one sister Jean Ray of Michigan; nine grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren. She was a 1960 graduate of Guyan Valley High School and former owner of Flowers and Things of Hamlin. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church (Collins Knob). Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, December 26, 2025, at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Pastor Thomas Stowers. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.