Doris Hillyer Baldwin

I live with a constant reminder of Grandma. My middle name is Charles, after my Grandfather, her first husband, her true love. I try to imagine what their life must have been like togethr, what it was about him that she loved so dearly. She always described him to me, "so handsome," she would say, "like you." So why am I talking about Charles in Grandma's guest book? Because he may have had more of an impact on her life than any other person ever did. Charles is an enigma, died when my mom...

100 years. My life four times over. Dear Doris saw the world grow up around her and lived to meet her great-great grandchild. She was an amazing woman and she was my grandmother. I miss her sunday calls and the inevitable question, "which one is this?" This is Ned, Grandma, and I love you.

My Great-Grandmother was a special person. Her ability to say exactly what she was thinking was a rare quality seldom found in people. It was amazing how independent and alert she was for a person of her age. I always smile when I remember how tickled she was to make others happy. She was a solid matriarch and a generous person. It is not only a personal loss that she has passed, but also a loss for the entire south. She was the example of a strong southern woman. The way she lived her life...

We mark the passing of the matriarch of a tremendous and wonderful family. A family greatly enhanced by her presence. We stand together and remember; we remember her life and her beautiful way of living. She was an example for us all. She showed us how to make a life a work of art. She lived with a dignity and an honesty that are truly rare. She watched the world around her change completely many times over, yet through this she remained resolutely herself. And for that and much more we will...

When I met Steve he told how important his grandmother was to him and introduced me to her right away. I feel honored to have gotten to know her over the past 16 years and to be able to call her “Grandma”.
She was an amazing woman who shared her passion for life with those who knew her. To know her was to her know her passion for art, travel, music and especially her daughters and grandchildren. Her intuitiveness was amazing. Even when she told you something that you did not believe...

I am a poet, and Doris Baldwin, my mother-in-law, was one of my biggest supporters. She kept copies of several of my books on a table in her room. She loved to read, and I was saddened when her eyesight failed to the point where that pleasure was no longer available to her. Decades earlier, when her daughter, Linda (my wife) traveled to Senegal, West Africa, Linda wrote religiously to her mother, describing the day-to-day routines of village life. Doris saved these many letters, reading them...

Grandma will always hold a very special place in our heart. She always made me feel good about myself and let me know how proud she was. She would always find a kind, sincere compliment for each of us every time that Shelly and I visited her. I would tell her that I loved her so much and often her reply to me would be “I know” and that always felt so good to hear. Her and I always did this silly thing when I would leave where I would walk out of her room walking backwards blowing her kisses...

Mother was very brave and could be a true hero in times of crisis.
She was very generous to those she loved.
She got an enormous amount of vicarious pleasure from others' travels and adventures, especially mine.
I loved her very much.

I feel very lucky to have had so many years to enjoy my Grandma. Her beauty, style and spunk were hard to miss. I am sure her spunk is what helped her to live as long as she did. She is up in heaven now, dancing and playing bridge with people she loved that left this earth before her. I love you Grandma, I always will, Pat