Dr. Frances Mary Baker-Miles, M.D., M.P.H., also known as Dr. F.M. Baker-Miles M.D., M.P.H., departed this life Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield Maryland. Dr. F.M Baker-Miles was born on September 15, 1942 in New York, NY to Alzora Ford Baker and Joseph L. Baker.
Dr. Baker Miles completed her undergraduate education at Hunter College in New York City in 1964. She completed a Master of Art in Teaching Science on the Secondary Level at New York University in New York City. She earned her medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1975 and her intern and psychiatric residency in the Department of Psychiatry of the Yale University School of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Baker completed her research training with a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Erasmus University of Medicine Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1995. And, was also a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Baker has earned an international reputation for studies of cross-cultural and Geriatric Psychiatry. She has written over 75 papers and 25 chapters addressing these issues.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Pastor William Miles, and her older sister, Japonette Esther Fisher.
She is survived by her stepchildren, Vera Miles, Crystal Miles, and Eric Miles; her niece, Alzora Celeste Baker; nephews, Terrence H. Fisher, Mark D. Fisher, and Douglas K. Fisher.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Handy United Methodist Church 5630 Tulls Corner RD, Marion Station, MD at 11:00 AM. A public viewing will take place the same day from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
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To Alton and Sadie Miles, and the entire family and loved ones of Mrs. Francis Mary Baker-Miles: Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you go through this difficult time of loss. May God continue to strengthen and comfort each of you today and in the days to come.
With Deepest Sympathy,
Cole & Donna Purnell
Kalamazoo, MI
My Condolences to Sadie & Alton Miles. Praying for comfort during your time of Bereavement.
To Alton and Sadie Miles and family, prayers for you and your family as you travel this time of grief of the loss of your beloved brother and his wife. Just remember each day will be better than the day before.
Love you,
Eddie and Helen Driver, family
This was a great loss not only to the family but to many friends and the field of psychiatry