Charlotte Jones Blaylock

She was born in Salem, Virginia on December 29, 1929, in her parents’ home on High Street. She was the daughter of the late William Clyde Jones, D.D.S. and Beatrice Hubbert Jones (née Woods).

She graduated from Andrew Lewis High School (Salem) and Longwood College (now University) in Virginia. In 1950-51 she was selected by “Who’s Who among American Universities & Colleges”. She was employed after college as a secretary by Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, an Architectural and Engineering firm in Roanoke, Virginia. After marrying in 1957, she lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for three years, before moving to Baltimore and raising her three children. She worked for MacLea Wood Products in Baltimore, was also employed by Vann’s Spices, The Humanities Institute and Armacost Antique Shows. She was active in her community, serving on the Board of Directors of the Woodbourne Center. For 25 years, she was a friend and worked for the late poet and consultant to the Library of Congress, Josephine Jacobsen.

She was divorced from her first husband, Arthur F. Greenbaum, Sr., in 1978, and was married in 1984 to Gifford E. Blaylock, Jr. until his passing in 1996.

Charlotte relished traveling, turning her trips into mini-vacations. She visited friends and family in Australia, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Vancouver, Canada, Spain, South Africa, New Mexico, New Hampshire, New York, Florida, Louisiana, North & South Carolina, Vermont, Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

She delighted in music of many kinds, having been taught to sing and play piano at an early age by a neighboring music teacher. She and her sisters wrote songs for fun and continued to use their talents in high school, college and church choirs. Charlotte sang on WFLO radio in Farmville, Virginia for three years in college, with “the Sunday Serenaders”. She continued to play the piano from memory into her mid-nineties for friends and neighbors. She loved Sinatra, Nat King Cole, show tunes and the popular melodies of her day.

She loved flowers, playing tennis and was an avid Bridge card player. Charlotte also played a competitive Ping-Pong game and had a weakness for puns and puzzles.

She had a generous and giving soul and was proud of her Virginia heritage. Her ancestors were early pioneers in the Shenandoah and Roanoke Valleys. Charlotte was a member of the Jamestown Society, the Nancy Christian Fleming chapter (Virginia) of the DAR, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and was the Scholarship Chairman for the Society of Virginia Women of Maryland.

Charlotte was a communicant of The Church of the Redeemer since coming to Baltimore, where she was a member of the church choir for 53 years. She also taught Sunday school, was a past Chairman of the Ladies Guild and volunteered in the church office.

She was a volunteer treasurer at the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and volunteered for many years with Maryland Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and the Historic Hampton House. When her children were young, she was a member of the Rodgers Forge ES & Dumbarton JHS PTAs and served on their executive boards for many years. At one time, she served as an assistant teacher for the Head Start Program, volunteered for the Red Cross and the Women’s Association of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She was a former member of the Auburn Club and The Hamilton Street Club.

Charlotte will be sadly missed by her children, A. Frank Greenbaum, Jr. and his wife, Susan; Ann G. Greenbaum, both of Towson, Maryland; William B. Thomas of Annapolis, Maryland and his wife Wendy.She also had 9 grandchildren, Katherine Muhvich, Emma Muhvich, Laura Greenbaum, Taylor Greenbaum, Benjamin Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Bradley Fontaine, Reed Blaylock and Kathryn F. Schweier. She is also survived by her stepson, Gifford E. Blaylock III, his wife Anne Reed of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a stepdaughter, Gayle Blaylock Fontaine, her husband Rick of Ocean View, Delaware. She is survived by three nieces and five nephews. She was predeceased by her husbands and by her beloved sisters, Aminee J. Roberts and Beatrice J. Doss.

Visitation at Lemmon Funeral Home in Timonium will be from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Her service will be celebrated on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm at The Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, Maryland. Arrangements made by Lemmon Funeral Home, 10 W. Padonia Road, Timonium, Maryland 21093.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Friends of Music

at The Church of the Redeemer, 5603 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, (410) 435- 7333 or the Alzheimer’s Association of Maryland, (410) 561-9099.