DOVER - Theoples "Buddy" Baines Jr., 70, died Sunday, Jan. 23; born on Dec. 23, 1940, to the late Theoples Baines Sr. and Francis Watson Baines. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Calvin Baines, Curtis Baines, and Randolph Baines; two sisters, Christine Baines and Ethel Mae Sturgis; and two sons, Marvin Hicks and Timothy Baines. He is survived by his wife, Erma Baines; six children, Theoples C. Baines of Dover, Gregory Baines of Baltimore, Tanja Baines-Whatley of Dover, Curtis Baines of Wilmington, Bessie Parker of Texas, and Latoya Caldwell of Dover; 23 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Services will be noon, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, with viewing time of 10 a.m. to noon, at the Pippin Funeral Home, followed with an internment at Sharon Hills Cemetery.