Extracted from The Big Spring Daily Herald (Big Spring, TX)
Friday, July 2, 1971

C. Baldwin, Lamesa Funeral

LAMESA (SC) -- C. Baldwin, 97, died in Medical Arts Hospital here Thursday.

Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church of Lamesa with the Rev. Milo Arbuckle, Denver, Colo., and the Rev. Bill Hardage, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park under direction of Branon Funeral Home.

Mr. Baldwin was born June 4, 1874, in Panola. He came to Dawson County in 1925 and bought out the Storm, Holloway and Dickerson Store and founded Baldwin's Department Store. He was retired from the store which is now operated by his son. He was a member of the Woodsmen of the World and has been a member of the Baptist church since childhood, serving as a deacon the past 55 years.

Survivors include his wife, Florence Pearl; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Watkins, Brownfield, and Mrs. G. C. Sherman, Lamesa; four sons, Rodney Baldwin, Artesia, N. M., Connally Baldwin, Dallas, and Caryl Baldwin and J. G. Baldwin, both of Lamesa, 11 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. One son, Bernie Baldwin, died during World War I.