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Published June 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm ET
The daughter of Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker and her husband, who were shot to death while serving as missionaries in Haiti last month, were mourned at a packed memorial service Tuesday, where the lawmaker lamented that he “never” thought it would come. to something”. like this.”
Loved ones of Natalie Baker Lloyd, 21, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, 23, gathered at God’s Holiness Bible Assembly in Neosho, Missouri, for the 10 a.m. service.
The couple was shot dead by gang members on their mission in Haiti. Ben BAKER/AFP Facebook page via /Keynote USA/Getty Images
“I want to thank you all for being here to honor Davy and Natalie. It means everything to us and our families,” Natalie’s father, Missouri State Rep. Ben Baker, said toward the end of the service.
“When you dedicate your children to the Lord, you never think it will come to something like this,” he added.
The packed space was filled with flowers and photos of the couple, including several from their wedding, which they celebrated at Bible Santiness less than two years ago.
Several speakers paid tribute to the couple at the service. Facebook / Bible Holiness Assembly of God
Davy Lloyd grew up outside Port-au-Prince, where his parents founded Missions in Haiti Inc. in 2000, his father, David Lloyd, told the Miami Herald a few days after the murders.
The elder Lloyd was in the United States when truckloads of gang members entered the compound and ransacked it before surrounding and shooting Davy, Natalie and Jude Montis, the Haitian director of the mission.
“I was on the phone with my son when that happened. He said, ‘Dad, we have a concussion again.’ I have to see what’s going on,’” David Lloyd recalled of the moment he heard chaos erupt over the phone.
Natalie Lloyd frequently shared photos of her life in Haiti on Instagram. Natalie Lloyd/Instagram
A video of the scene reviewed by the Wall Street Journal showed that Davy and Jude’s bodies were burned.
Davy and Natalie’s bodies were eventually returned to the United States a week after their deaths.
“The reception of a true hero. God bless you all…words are truly not enough to express our gratitude,” Representative Baker. wrote in X of the crowds that lined the streets of Neosho as their hearses passed by.
The couple married in June 2022 and moved to Haiti to work as full-time missionaries in January 2023, according to their obituaries.
The last time they visited the United States was in January, to celebrate Natalie’s younger sister’s wedding.
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