GENEVA LOVEJOY BALDWIN, 86, a native of Mud River in Lincoln County, West Virginia, and formerly of Ashford, West Virginia, went to be with the Lord on June 12, 2023, at Hospice House in Savannah, Georgia, after a long illness. She did not succumb to cancer after several battles and was cancer free at her death. Complications from Covid ultimately caused her decline.
Geneva was the daughter of the late Mitchie Lovejoy and Daisy Bell Lovejoy. She was the widow of Paul David Baldwin. They lived in White Oak Hollow for many years. She was a lifelong gardener, enjoyed singing bluegrass and gospel, and loved animals.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Jeannette Murphy and their daughters, Caitlin Korff and Stephanie Hoover; daughter and son-in-law Jennifer Baldwin Davis and Eric Davis and their two sons, Jacob and Lucas; sisters Jaunita Lovejoy, Evelyn Lovejoy, Norma Smith, and Ella Atkins, and brother Curtis Lovejoy; great-granddaughters Brianna Harber and Freya Korff.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dean Adkins and Violet Carson, and two brothers Bobby Lovejoy and Cleo Lovejoy.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Barkers Cemetery, Ashford, West Virginia, with the Pastor Reggie Woodrum officiating.
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel, Savannah, Ga., are directing arrangements.
Local arrangements are by Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek, W.Va.