Annie Lynn Baldwin

Annie Lynn Reedy Baldwin, 88, of Snyder TX passed beyond the veil on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at GoodLife Assisted Living in Snyder, TX.

A funeral service for Mrs. Baldwin will be held on Friday, January 26, 2024, at 2:00 pm at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Joe Frank Thornton officiating, assisted by Kinney Robinson, Hospice Chaplain.  The service will be live-streamed on the Facebook page of Lynn Baldwin.  Interment will follow at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Services are under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.

Lynn Baldwin was born on September 5, 1935, in New Orleans, LA to John Raymond Reedy and Annie Laurie (Cockerham) Reedy while both parents were in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  Lynn grew up in Eupora, Mississippi starting piano lessons at age 7, moving to Trinity, TX in 9th grade where she studied piano at Sam Houston State University before graduating from Trinity High School.  An alum of Blue Mountain College, Baylor University, and Hardin-Simmons University, she earned BM and MM degrees in piano, leading to post-graduate work at Columbia University in piano pedagogy.

Lynn was raised in a dedicated Christian home and was taught that any talent she or anyone exhibited was given by God the Father.  It was each person's responsibility not to waste these gifts, but to polish them and give them back to God.  She was a lifelong church musician as well as a piano, organ, and theory teacher for 64 years in Snyder before reluctantly retiring in 2021.

In true Southern fashion, her door was always open.  Lynn loved her students and dear friends as much as her own family.  As a mother, she taught us a strong work ethic, love for Jesus, love for others, love for music, and how to have fun.  Her laughter was contagious.

Lynn is survived by:

Husband, Darold Baldwin

Daughter, Laurie Reed and husband Jeff

(2) Stepdaughters

B'Linda Bethel

Phyllis Zimmerman

(5) Grandchildren

Ginny Anderson

Wayne Zimmerman

Blake Barbee

Brock Barbee

Avery Duke-Bethel

(3) Great Grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Forrest Bethel and cherished friend, Elizabeth Potts.  We especially want to thank all her tenderhearted caregivers who helped not only Mom, but us as well.

Memorials can be made to the J.R. Reedy Music Scholarship at

Blue Mountain Christian University

PO Box 160

Blue Mountain, MS 38610

"Well done, good and faithful servant."