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Judge Baskin was affiliated with the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association]] Christmas Seals,[United Cerebral Palsy, the Jaycees, Midland Symphony Orchestra, Toastmasters International, Leadership Midland, and the [[United Way]]. He was active in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Midland as an elder, [[deacon]], and [[Sunday school]] teacher. He headed an interdenominational citywide board which brought the late evangelist [[Billy Graham]] to preach in Midland.<ref name=pmbaskin/>​

Judge Baskin was affiliated with the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association]] Christmas Seals,[United Cerebral Palsy, the Jaycees, Midland Symphony Orchestra, Toastmasters International, Leadership Midland, and the [[United Way]]. He was active in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Midland as an elder, [[deacon]], and [[Sunday school]] teacher. He headed an interdenominational citywide board which brought the late evangelist [[Billy Graham]] to preach in Midland.<ref name=pmbaskin/>​

 

Baskin died of a brief illness in Midland at the age of seventy-eight.<ref name=cherald/> There are four surviving children, Becky B. Ferguson and husband, Doug, of Midland, Pat McKinney "Bo" Baskin, Jr., and wife Christine of Austin, Steven R. Baskin and wife Susie of Marble Falls, Texas, and Jefferson Jones "JJ" Baskin and wife Joy of Austin. Mrs. Ferguson married into the family of the former mayor of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], William Henry "Bill" White,<ref name=joanrbaskin/> the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in 2010 against Republican incumbent [[Rick Perry]]. In 1985, the Baskin family was honored as Midland's "Family of the Year." Baskin had ten grandchildren, with an eleventh born shortly after his death. His surviving younger brother is Bill Baskin of Lake Jackson, Texas. Baskin was predeceased by his older brother, Judge James "Jim" Baskin, Jr., of [[San Antonio]], Texas.<ref name=pmbaskin/>

Baskin died of a brief illness in Midland at the age of seventy-eight.<ref name=cherald/> There are four surviving children, Becky B. Ferguson and husband, Doug, of Midland, Pat McKinney "Bo" Baskin, Jr., and wife Christine of Austin, Steven R. Baskin and wife Susie of Marble Falls, Texas, and Jefferson Jones "JJ" Baskin and wife Joy of Austin. Mrs. Ferguson married into the family of the former mayor of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], William Henry "Bill" White,<ref name=joanrbaskin/> the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in 2010 against Republican incumbent [[Rick Perry]]. In 1985, the Baskin family was honored as Midland's "Family of the Year." Baskin had ten grandchildren, with an eleventh born shortly after his death. His surviving younger brother is Bill Baskin of Lake Jackson, Texas. Baskin was predeceased by his older brother, Judge James "Jim" Baskin, Jr., of [[San Antonio]], Texas.<ref name=pmbaskin/>