William Harney Bailey, 75 died Friday,Jan.5,2001 at his home in Dodge City,KS. He was born Sept.29,1925 in Ardmore,Okla to William H. and Lora (Marshall)Bailey. He married Elaine J. Henderson on Aug.10,1947 in Oklahoma City,Okla. She survives.
He was raised in Ardmore,Okla and graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech and English from Oklahoma City University in1951. He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, then served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
He served as general manager of KTVC-TV from 1970-1990. He most recently worked as a realtor for Century 21 of Dodge City,KS.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dodge City where he was an elder. He was also a member of the VP Dodge City Real Estate Board, Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Oklahoma City University and the Dodge City Rotary Club, where he was a past president. He was a Dodge city Commissioner from 1992 to 1994, and a past director of the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors are one son, Brian Nelson Bailey of Dodge City,KS;daughter, Janet Roupas and husband, James of Albuquerque,N.Mex.; sister, Beatty Mae Johnson of Tulsa,Okla and one granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a son,William James Bailey on Dec. 20,1982.
Services were held at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. David S. Clipson presiding.
Memorials to the Dodge City Public Library or the American Cancer Society.
He was raised in Ardmore,Okla and graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech and English from Oklahoma City University in1951. He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, then served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
He served as general manager of KTVC-TV from 1970-1990. He most recently worked as a realtor for Century 21 of Dodge City,KS.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dodge City where he was an elder. He was also a member of the VP Dodge City Real Estate Board, Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Oklahoma City University and the Dodge City Rotary Club, where he was a past president. He was a Dodge city Commissioner from 1992 to 1994, and a past director of the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors are one son, Brian Nelson Bailey of Dodge City,KS;daughter, Janet Roupas and husband, James of Albuquerque,N.Mex.; sister, Beatty Mae Johnson of Tulsa,Okla and one granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a son,William James Bailey on Dec. 20,1982.
Services were held at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. David S. Clipson presiding.
Memorials to the Dodge City Public Library or the American Cancer Society.
William Harney Bailey, 75 died Friday,Jan.5,2001 at his home in Dodge City,KS. He was born Sept.29,1925 in Ardmore,Okla to William H. and Lora (Marshall)Bailey. He married Elaine J. Henderson on Aug.10,1947 in Oklahoma City,Okla. She survives.
He was raised in Ardmore,Okla and graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech and English from Oklahoma City University in1951. He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, then served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
He served as general manager of KTVC-TV from 1970-1990. He most recently worked as a realtor for Century 21 of Dodge City,KS.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dodge City where he was an elder. He was also a member of the VP Dodge City Real Estate Board, Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Oklahoma City University and the Dodge City Rotary Club, where he was a past president. He was a Dodge city Commissioner from 1992 to 1994, and a past director of the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors are one son, Brian Nelson Bailey of Dodge City,KS;daughter, Janet Roupas and husband, James of Albuquerque,N.Mex.; sister, Beatty Mae Johnson of Tulsa,Okla and one granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a son,William James Bailey on Dec. 20,1982.
Services were held at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. David S. Clipson presiding.
Memorials to the Dodge City Public Library or the American Cancer Society.
He was raised in Ardmore,Okla and graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in speech and English from Oklahoma City University in1951. He served in the US Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, then served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
He served as general manager of KTVC-TV from 1970-1990. He most recently worked as a realtor for Century 21 of Dodge City,KS.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Dodge City where he was an elder. He was also a member of the VP Dodge City Real Estate Board, Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Oklahoma City University and the Dodge City Rotary Club, where he was a past president. He was a Dodge city Commissioner from 1992 to 1994, and a past director of the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors are one son, Brian Nelson Bailey of Dodge City,KS;daughter, Janet Roupas and husband, James of Albuquerque,N.Mex.; sister, Beatty Mae Johnson of Tulsa,Okla and one granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by a son,William James Bailey on Dec. 20,1982.
Services were held at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. David S. Clipson presiding.
Memorials to the Dodge City Public Library or the American Cancer Society.
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