Bedford Times-Press, Thursday August 13, 1964 [p. 1]
Final Rites Are Held Here For Mrs. Wm. Bailie
Funeral services for Mrs. William (Anna Belle) Bailie, well-known Bedford resident and former grade school teacher here, were held Monday (Aug. 10) at the Bedford Baptist Church with Rev. Leonard D. Wilson officiating. Mrs. Bailie died August 6 at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford.

Included in the services was the following obituary:

Anna Belle Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Nelson [Calonia Doyle], was born April 27, 1909, at Singer, Louisiana, where she attended grade school, was graduated from high school and spent the early years of her life before leaving home to attend State Normal School.

Following the completion of her schooling, she returned to Singer, La., where she taught third grade in the public schools until 1933 when, on Feb. 23, 1933, she was married to William [Weir] Bailie of Bedford, Iowa, and came to Iowa to make her home. She has resided in Bedford her entire married life.

To them was born one son, Steve [Dennis Stephen], who, with his father, survive.

Mrs. Bailie joined the Baptist Church of Bedford and has been active in it for more than 30 years as a Sunday school teacher and primary department superintendent. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Bedford.

Shortly after coming to Iowa, Mrs. Bailie taught in the Ross and Jackson township rural schools and in the Bedford Public School system.

In addition to the husband and son, she leaves six sisters and three brothers. They are: Mrs. A. [rthur] L. Carlton [Dulcina], Mrs. A. [lbert] W. [illiam] Odegar [Hattie], Allen Nelson and Riley Nelson, all of Singer, La.; Mrs. Fred Stewart [Faye] of DeQuiney, La.; Mrs. P. [atrick] C. Tynan [Beulah], Mrs. C.[alvin] G. [reen] Gill [Eula] and Mrs. Creedon Lee [Edna] of Nederland, Texas, and Jack Nelson of DeRidder, La. There are also several nieces and nephews.

Her parents and one brother and one sister preceded her in death.