DWAYNE BALDWIN
Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Dwayne Baldwin, 62, husband of Cyndi Medeiros Baldwin, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, at Providence Health Hospital in Columbia.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a son of the late George Lee Baldwin and Lenore Young Evans Baldwin. Dwayne "Beans" Baldwin was a U.S. Navy veteran and served 23 years as an EOD underwater mineman, a military son and a proud military father. He found his high school sweetheart after 25 years of distance, married, and lived in Sumter. It is a love story for the ages; they held each other close even when distance separated the two; they picked up right where they left off and enjoyed watching their children grow, get married, begin their careers and have children. They held each other close until the very end, and he is holding onto Cyndi now and patiently waiting, like he did before. He was a doting grandfather to the seven grandchildren and gave incentives for earning straight A's like any proud grandfather would do. From saluting his daughter at her graduation, to saluting his son at his BMT graduation, Dwayne was proud. He was an avid fisherman, who loved to share his love of angling with his wife, children and grandchildren; he always had a line in the water. Dwayne led a selfless and giving life; he did all he could for everyone else and then some. He was a leader and a hero to all that had the pleasure and privilege of knowing him.
Surviving are his wife of Sumter; four children, Laura Iturralde (Jorge) of St. Augustine, Florida, D.J. Baldwin (Kaitlyn) of Ladson, Jennifer De Young (Matthew) of Hampton, Virginia, and Jaclyn Johnston of Frankfort, Kentucky; a brother, Evan Baldwin of Spencer, North Carolina; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. David Richardson officiating.
Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.