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Charles Ray Baldwin, Jr., 41, a
resident of Ashford, went home
to be with the Lord Wednesday,
February 27, 2008.
Funeral services for Ray will be
held 10 am Saturday, March 1,
2008 at New Freedom Church in
Webb with Reverends Clint and
Larry Adams officiating. Burial
will follow at Crestlawn
Memorial Cemetery with Southern
Heritage directing. The family
will receive friends from 5 pm
until 8 pm Friday, February 29
at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to New
Freedom Church C/O Ray Baldwin,
PO Box 119, Webb, AL 36376.
Ray was born October 9, 1966 in
McMinnville, Tennessee and was
raised in Ashford. He was a 1984
graduate of Ashford High School
and a member of New Freedom
Church. Ray loved horses and was
a professional horse trainer. He
was on the Advisory Board for
the Walking Horse Trainers
Association and was a licensed
judge for walking horse
competitions. Ray lived life to
the fullest. He loved his family
and children and was there to
lend a helping hand to those in
need.
Ray is preceded in death by his
paternal grandparents, Cecil and
Catherine Baldwin; maternal
grandparents, Rayford Farless
and Edna Datsun.
Survivors include his wife, Kim
Parker Baldwin, Ashford; two
sons, Brandon and Brent Womack,
Ashford; three daughters,
Lindsey Baldwin, RaeLeigh
Baldwin, Michaela Tillery, all
of Ashford; father and step
mother, Charles and Mary
Baldwin, Dothan; mother, Linda
Carol Mathews, Auburntown, TN;
father-in-law, Mike and Carol
Parker, Headland; mother-in-law,
Diane and Buford Skinner,
Dothan; step grandparents,
Sidney H. and Mary Murphy
Wright; grandparents-in-law,
Bill and Dot Clearman, Dothan;
brother, Mark Medley, Auburntown,
FL; three sisters, Donna and
Todd Dean, Bella Vista, AR,
Elizabeth and Brent Evans,
Bushnell, FL, Tina Roberts,
Lebanon, TN; nieces and nephews,
Ashley Sewell, Clay Dean, Sidney
Helms, Brent Helms; brothers and
sisters-in-law, Jim and Jay Jay
Parker, Dothan, Chris and Lora
Parker, Headland, Kent and
Sandra Hanchey, Abbeville, Bart
and Jane Norton, Dothan, Scott
and Martha Agnew, Dothan;
special family friends, Todd and
Vicki Stephens, Rehobeth, Roger
and Harolene Willis,
Shelbyville, TN; many aunts,
uncles, extended family and
friends also survive.
Serving as active pallbearers
will be Bart McWaters, LaRue
McWaters, Norman Williamson, Jim
Leek, Nathan Worsham, B.
McAdams, Butch Pendarvis,
Stanley Enfinger, Scott Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers will be,
Jim Hartzog, Larry Edwards, Gary
Edwards, Wink Groover, Dick
Peebles, Bill Bobo, Charles
Taylor and members of the
Walking Horse Association.
Anyone wishing to send flowers
may contact: The Petal Pusher
Ashford, AL Phone:
1-334-899-3235
Please keep the Baldwin family in your
thoughts and prayers during this tough time. |
