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Submitted: 6/4/16 • Approved: 7/5/16 • Last Updated: 4/13/18 • R792560-G792560-S3
Walter
26 Apr 1878 Pemiscot, MO
29 Apr 1959 Steele, Pemiscot, MO
Parents:
Oscar Shirer Bailey (1844 - 1919)
Ellen Jane Wright Bailey (1857 - 1928)
Millie
17 Oct 1884 Steele, Pemiscot, MO
20 Oct 1973 Monrovia, CA
Steele, Mo. - Funeral services were held last Friday, May 1, at 3 p.m. for Walter T. Bailey, from the Methodist church. Rites were conducted by the Reverend Howard Conner.
Mr. Bailey was 81 years old and his death late Wednesday followed a stroke suffered April 20.
He was born near Caruthersville and came to the homestead one mile southeast of Steele with his parents when a small child.
He had the unusual record of never having drunk a cup of coffee nor smoked a cigar or cigarette in his life.
Until his health broke several years ago he was active in farming and in church and community affairs.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mille McVoy, also a life long resident of Pemiscot county. They celebrated their fifieth wedding anniversary in 1951.
Also surviving are four sons, Floyd of Tampa, Fla., Lester of Atlanta, Ga., Oscar of Dallas, Texas and Elmo of Los Angeles, Calif. Four grandchildren and four great grandhildren survive.
Interment was in Mt. Zion cemetery with the German Funeral Home of Steele in charge of arrangements.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, May 8, 1959
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri
Thursday, November 1, 1973
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie P. Bailey, widow of Walter Bailey, were held Thursday, October 25, 1973.
Born October 17, 1884, at Steele, Mrs. Bailey died October 20, 1973 at Monrovia, Calif. She was 89 years and three days old.
Mrs. Bailey had lived all of her life in the Steele area. When ill health befell her, she moved to the home of her son, Elmo, in Arcadia, Calif. She was a member of the Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church of Steele.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael McVoy, and was married to Walter T. Bailey at Cooter in 1900. Her husband and four sons preceded her in death.
She leaves one son, Elmo Bailey of Arcadia, Calif.;
Four grandchildren, five great grandchildren and one cousin, Mrs. Italy Haney of Willow Springs, Mo.
The Rev. V. Carl Hickman and the Rev. James F. McCrary officiated the 2:00 p.m. rites at the Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Steele.
Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery with John W. German Funeral Home of Steele in charge of arrangements.
Contributed on 6/4/16 by ttack37
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