Mattie Della Baker, ♊

Mother of famed musician "PRINCE".

She had a sister named Edna Mae.

Obituary: Mattie Della, age 68, of Golden Valley, passed away peacefully Feb. 15, 2002 at Fairview Southdale Hospital after a long illness. She was a retired social worker with the Mpls. Public School System.

She was highly regarded by family and friends and will forever be missed by all. Survived by husband Hayward Baker; children, Alfred Jackson, Prince Roger Nelson, Tyka Nelson, Omarr Baker; twin sister, Edna Mae Collier; grandsons, Sir Nelson, President Nelson; and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Memorial Service 11am Friday Feb. 22, 2002 ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, 621 Elwood Ave. N., Mpls. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2YS-6HF

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaw-8576

Family links:

Parents:

• Lucille Barnell Shaw (1899 - 1974)

Spouses:

• Hayward Julius Baker (1915 - 2010)
• John Lewis Nelson (1915 - 2001)*

Children:

• Prince (1958 - 2016)*

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 12 2019, 6:04:13 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 12 2019, 6:09:41 UTC