Grace Rosen Baldwin

Mrs. Grace Rosen Baldwin, 90, died on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, in Winston-Salem, N.C. where she had lived for the past year because of declining health so that she could be near her son, Charles Hunter Jones. She was born on September 9, 1914 in Buckingham County, Va., to Mary Florence Garrett and Henry Harrison Rosen. Mrs. Baldwin and her late husband, Everett "Pop" Baldwin, operated The Baldwin House for girls who worked or went to school in Richmond. After retirement, she wrote a book depicting life at the Baldwin House titled "Come Live With Me" and a book of poems titled "Grace's Poetry." Mrs. Baldwin is survived by one son, Charles Hunter Jones and wife, Ardenia, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; one granddaughter, Deena Kane and husband, Bill; two great-granddaughters, Kristin Elizabeth and Madison Leigh; one great-grandson, William Robert III, all of Greenville, S.C.; three sisters, Frances Kirby, Addie Vaughan and husband, Richard, Phyllis Seckman and husband, Cliff, all of Richmond, Va.; one brother, Howard Rosen and wife, Ruby of Dillwyn, Va.; one brother, Jesse Franklin Rosen and wife, Virginia of Richmond; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Road on Sunday May 1, 2005 from 2 to 4 p.m.. Graveside services will be conducted 10 a.m. Monday in Westhampton Memorial Park. Officiating will be Rev. Bob Carlton, of Monument Heights Baptist Church, who was Mrs. Baldwin's associate pastor for many years. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be directed to either Monument Heights Baptist Church Building Fund or Hospice and Palliative Care, 1100-C S. Stratford Rd., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103.