James C. (Jim) Baird was born on April 9, 1933 in Panhandle, Texas to Cecil and Eula Faye (Walcher) Baird, and passed from this life on Saturday, May 8, 2021, in his home following a short illness. Maintaining employment during the Great Depression required Jimmy’s parents to move the family to several small towns in the Texas Panhandle, finally settling in the small town of Cactus, Texas, and Jim…