Sue Bailey, 86, of Corsicana, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Twilight Nursing Home in the presence of her family. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Corley Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 24, 2014, at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel with Lyle Schober, LaRon Branson, and Joyce Lawrence officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
Sue was born in Greenville, Texas, to the late Claud and Bonnie (Merrell) Bailey. She grew up in Corsicana and graduated from Mildred High School. Sue was a graduate of the East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce, and later taught at Union Grove High School in East Texas, as well as other schools in Laredo and Lampasas. During summers, she worked at the Miller Hat Factory in Corsicana, as well as at Southwestern Bell Telephone.
In 1955 she followed the calling of her Lord into His ministry, selling all her possessions and joining June Douglass, her first coworker. She labored in the ministry in Texas and New Mexico until 1962, at which time she was sent to the Philippines and Pacific islands. She returned to Texas in 1983, and finished her active ministry in 2007. Peggy (sister) and Sammy Joe Thomas cared lovingly for her in their home until she needed additional nursing care.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Glynn Bailey.
Survivors include her sisters, Connie Mullenix, of Corsicana, and Peggy Thomas and husband, Sammy, of Eureka, TX; sister-in-law, Sue Steele; nephews: Garland Bailey and wife, Lisa, of Corsicana, Jody Thomas and wife, Sharon, of Eureka, Mark Thomas and wife, Jeanne, of Eureka, and Bailey White, of Galveston; nieces: Sherrill Bailey, of Corsicana, Claudia Thomas, of Lewisville, and Carolon Moore and husband, Shawn, of Temple; four great-nephews; eight great-nieces; and 25 great-great-nephews and nieces. I15
Sue was born in Greenville, Texas, to the late Claud and Bonnie (Merrell) Bailey. She grew up in Corsicana and graduated from Mildred High School. Sue was a graduate of the East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce, and later taught at Union Grove High School in East Texas, as well as other schools in Laredo and Lampasas. During summers, she worked at the Miller Hat Factory in Corsicana, as well as at Southwestern Bell Telephone.
In 1955 she followed the calling of her Lord into His ministry, selling all her possessions and joining June Douglass, her first coworker. She labored in the ministry in Texas and New Mexico until 1962, at which time she was sent to the Philippines and Pacific islands. She returned to Texas in 1983, and finished her active ministry in 2007. Peggy (sister) and Sammy Joe Thomas cared lovingly for her in their home until she needed additional nursing care.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Glynn Bailey.
Survivors include her sisters, Connie Mullenix, of Corsicana, and Peggy Thomas and husband, Sammy, of Eureka, TX; sister-in-law, Sue Steele; nephews: Garland Bailey and wife, Lisa, of Corsicana, Jody Thomas and wife, Sharon, of Eureka, Mark Thomas and wife, Jeanne, of Eureka, and Bailey White, of Galveston; nieces: Sherrill Bailey, of Corsicana, Claudia Thomas, of Lewisville, and Carolon Moore and husband, Shawn, of Temple; four great-nephews; eight great-nieces; and 25 great-great-nephews and nieces. I15
Sue Bailey, 86, of Corsicana, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Twilight Nursing Home in the presence of her family. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Corley Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 24, 2014, at the Corley Funeral Home Chapel with Lyle Schober, LaRon Branson, and Joyce Lawrence officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
Sue was born in Greenville, Texas, to the late Claud and Bonnie (Merrell) Bailey. She grew up in Corsicana and graduated from Mildred High School. Sue was a graduate of the East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce, and later taught at Union Grove High School in East Texas, as well as other schools in Laredo and Lampasas. During summers, she worked at the Miller Hat Factory in Corsicana, as well as at Southwestern Bell Telephone.
In 1955 she followed the calling of her Lord into His ministry, selling all her possessions and joining June Douglass, her first coworker. She labored in the ministry in Texas and New Mexico until 1962, at which time she was sent to the Philippines and Pacific islands. She returned to Texas in 1983, and finished her active ministry in 2007. Peggy (sister) and Sammy Joe Thomas cared lovingly for her in their home until she needed additional nursing care.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Glynn Bailey.
Survivors include her sisters, Connie Mullenix, of Corsicana, and Peggy Thomas and husband, Sammy, of Eureka, TX; sister-in-law, Sue Steele; nephews: Garland Bailey and wife, Lisa, of Corsicana, Jody Thomas and wife, Sharon, of Eureka, Mark Thomas and wife, Jeanne, of Eureka, and Bailey White, of Galveston; nieces: Sherrill Bailey, of Corsicana, Claudia Thomas, of Lewisville, and Carolon Moore and husband, Shawn, of Temple; four great-nephews; eight great-nieces; and 25 great-great-nephews and nieces. I15
Sue was born in Greenville, Texas, to the late Claud and Bonnie (Merrell) Bailey. She grew up in Corsicana and graduated from Mildred High School. Sue was a graduate of the East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce, and later taught at Union Grove High School in East Texas, as well as other schools in Laredo and Lampasas. During summers, she worked at the Miller Hat Factory in Corsicana, as well as at Southwestern Bell Telephone.
In 1955 she followed the calling of her Lord into His ministry, selling all her possessions and joining June Douglass, her first coworker. She labored in the ministry in Texas and New Mexico until 1962, at which time she was sent to the Philippines and Pacific islands. She returned to Texas in 1983, and finished her active ministry in 2007. Peggy (sister) and Sammy Joe Thomas cared lovingly for her in their home until she needed additional nursing care.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Glynn Bailey.
Survivors include her sisters, Connie Mullenix, of Corsicana, and Peggy Thomas and husband, Sammy, of Eureka, TX; sister-in-law, Sue Steele; nephews: Garland Bailey and wife, Lisa, of Corsicana, Jody Thomas and wife, Sharon, of Eureka, Mark Thomas and wife, Jeanne, of Eureka, and Bailey White, of Galveston; nieces: Sherrill Bailey, of Corsicana, Claudia Thomas, of Lewisville, and Carolon Moore and husband, Shawn, of Temple; four great-nephews; eight great-nieces; and 25 great-great-nephews and nieces. I15
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