Roba S. Baldwin, of 305 NW 28th Terrace, Gainesville, died Sunday at North Florida Regional Hospital. She was 78.
Born in Dacula, Ga., she moved to Miami in 1962. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was a member of the Georgia Country Music Hall of Fame and was introduced at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. as the first woman to record solo country music. She made nine country mucic recordings in Atlanta.
She is survived by her son, Fred R. Baldwin of Jefferson, Ga.; daughter, Betsey Burwell of Gainesville; Brother, Orth Stanley of Lawrenceville, Ga.; sister, Buel Williams of Dacula, Ga.; 10 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren
Roba S. Baldwin, of 305 NW 28th Terrace, Gainesville, died Sunday at North Florida Regional Hospital. She was 78.
Born in Dacula, Ga., she moved to Miami in 1962. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was a member of the Georgia Country Music Hall of Fame and was introduced at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. as the first woman to record solo country music. She made nine country mucic recordings in Atlanta.
She is survived by her son, Fred R. Baldwin of Jefferson, Ga.; daughter, Betsey Burwell of Gainesville; Brother, Orth Stanley of Lawrenceville, Ga.; sister, Buel Williams of Dacula, Ga.; 10 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren
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