Shirley Baines Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Shirley Baines (Petersburg, Virginia), born in Carson, Virginia, who passed away on August 15, 2020, at the age of 76, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Rev. Cornelius Moses Ruffin and Juanita Ruffin Turner. She is survived by: her husband Apostle Lorenzo Baines; her children, Tiffany Bonner and Lorenzo DeShon Baines; her siblings, Moses Linel Ruffin, Sid Turner and Joyce Lewis; her aunt Annie Mae Reed; her grandchildren, Malik Crocker, MeShon Crocker, Preston York and Mia Truesdale; her great grandchildren, Ja'Shaun Crocker, Semaj Crocker, Preston York, Jr. and Mahraj York; her siblings-in-law, Lucille Baines, Nancy Baines, Katherine Baines, Margie Falcon (Robert), Walter Baines (Bennie Mae), Donald Baines, Glen Baines and Leonard Baines; her godparents, Franklin Burrows and Stephanie Nicholas; her godchildren, Larry Bernard Stokes, II, Jewel Dewitt, Steven Burrow, Marion Bonner, Elvira Boyd, Kesha Williams, Lahoma Bland Owens, Regina Crawford, Dia Rogers Grice, Barbara Wyche and Khadijah Muhammad; and her friends, LaVerne Sturdifen, Linda Stokes, Rev. Linda Skipper, Donita Wooten, Mable Crump, Beulah Moore, Glover Wilson, Margret Parham, Kathleen Myler Smith, Sunnyside Crew, Rose DeWitt, Carol Jones, Ida Walker, Agnes Land, Mary Alsbrook, Charlie Taylor and Carrying.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions in honor of Elder Shirley Baines, to Carrying the Cross Ministry, 2557 South Crater Rd, Building H, Petersburg, VA 23805.