Malda J. Baines

Malda Jenkins Baines, age 80, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Born in Edgecombe County, NC on October 7, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Tommie and Ruth Jenkins of Rocky Mount. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph “Buddy” Baines; brothers, Tommie Jenkins, Jr., and Bert Jenkins, and sister, Elizabeth Jenkins Bottoms. Her surviving sister and best friend is Barbara Jenkins Meadows of Sharpsburg.
Malda attended West Edgecombe School and graduated in 1956. She met the love her life, Joseph “Buddy” Baines, at the skating rink in Enfield and was married to him in 1957. They were happily married for 56 years until his passing in 2013. After five years of marriage, they were blessed with their first child, Malda Jo Baines Harrell of Greenville and a short fourteen months later they welcomed their son, Jeffrey Baines of Wilmington. She was the best mother in the world to these two children and devoted hours of cooking, traveling, and making special memories both for and with those she loved. She was an active member at West Edgecombe Baptist Church. She served as a Sunday School teacher, parent member of the youth council and several other committees. Malda adored her son-in-law, David Harrell and her two grandchildren, Ashleigh Harrell Brown of Georgia and Chandler Harrell of Greenville. Ashleigh and her husband Kyle Brown, gifted Malda with her first great-grandchild, Carson Brown. This brought Malda so much joy!
A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 3:30 PM at West Edgecombe Baptist Church, 13821 NC Hwy. 43, North, Rocky Mount, NC 27801, with Dr. Jeff Chappell officiating. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. A visitation will be from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM prior to the service in the Sanctuary of West Edgecombe Baptist Church.
Malda received lots of beautiful flowers in her lifetime so she has requested that memorials be made to the College Scholarship fund at West Edgecombe Baptist Church, 13821 NC Hwy. 43, North, Rocky Mount, NC 27801.