Leon Baldwin

Leon Baldwin was born on July 29, 1966, and departed this life on August 7, 2024. Leon, affectionately known as Broom, was a good friend to many. Many of his friends met Broom in childhood when he would spend almost all of his summers coming to Selma down from Washington, DC with his mother Ms. Clara Mae Baldwin to spend the summer with his Aunt Lucille Baldwin. 

Broom was loved by his family and became like family to all those who grew up and got to know him from childhood until adulthood. Leon eventually moved back (home) to Selma and moved into what was his childhood home of his aunt. The most wonderful thing about Leon was that he was just as kind, positive, friendly, and caring in adulthood as he was in childhood. Broom always had a giving spirit and would help anyone. You could call on him at any time and he would show up smiling, laughing, joking, and always positive. He loved to talk to anyone and everyone. He did not meet a stranger and once you continued to talk to him, you would soon become his friend. 

Broom was one of the most genuinely kind-hearted and caring people in this world. Leon was simply a good friend, a goodperson, and a good man. Leon Baldwin will truly be missed by his family, friends, and by all those whose lives he touched simply because of his heart and who he was. Rest easy Leon. 

“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24