Services for Curtis Bailey were held August 27, 1975 at the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Bailey lived in Lufkin most of his life and was employed by the City of Lufkin for 18 years.
Father: William Jefferson Bailey
Mother: Lydia P. Christie
He was predeceased by his fraternal twin brother, Kerns Bailey.
Survivors:
Wife, Claudie
Son: Eldridge (Bill)
Daughters: Athalene A.(John) Burkhalter, Mrs. Marvis Nell (Paul) Miller, Mrs. Imogene (Claude) Montes, Mrs. Melva (Curtis)Van Schoubreok
Brothers: Alvin and Claud Bailey
Sisters: Mrs. Vera Smith, Mrs. Vernice Wiggington and Mrs. Irene Solly
Half-brother: Kirby Lee and Pete
Half-sister: Edith May
14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren
Memories of our grandfather:
Bear hugs, scaring us with his false teeth, letting us play in his garden, his great gardening skills, smoking non-filtered Camels, his hat, his starched stiff as a board khaki pants & shirts, reading his Bible, faithfully attending church, his bald head, the comic books he would bring home from his job, marveling at how he drank hot coffee out of a saucer!
Mr. Bailey lived in Lufkin most of his life and was employed by the City of Lufkin for 18 years.
Father: William Jefferson Bailey
Mother: Lydia P. Christie
He was predeceased by his fraternal twin brother, Kerns Bailey.
Survivors:
Wife, Claudie
Son: Eldridge (Bill)
Daughters: Athalene A.(John) Burkhalter, Mrs. Marvis Nell (Paul) Miller, Mrs. Imogene (Claude) Montes, Mrs. Melva (Curtis)Van Schoubreok
Brothers: Alvin and Claud Bailey
Sisters: Mrs. Vera Smith, Mrs. Vernice Wiggington and Mrs. Irene Solly
Half-brother: Kirby Lee and Pete
Half-sister: Edith May
14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren
Memories of our grandfather:
Bear hugs, scaring us with his false teeth, letting us play in his garden, his great gardening skills, smoking non-filtered Camels, his hat, his starched stiff as a board khaki pants & shirts, reading his Bible, faithfully attending church, his bald head, the comic books he would bring home from his job, marveling at how he drank hot coffee out of a saucer!
Services for Curtis Bailey were held August 27, 1975 at the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Bailey lived in Lufkin most of his life and was employed by the City of Lufkin for 18 years.
Father: William Jefferson Bailey
Mother: Lydia P. Christie
He was predeceased by his fraternal twin brother, Kerns Bailey.
Survivors:
Wife, Claudie
Son: Eldridge (Bill)
Daughters: Athalene A.(John) Burkhalter, Mrs. Marvis Nell (Paul) Miller, Mrs. Imogene (Claude) Montes, Mrs. Melva (Curtis)Van Schoubreok
Brothers: Alvin and Claud Bailey
Sisters: Mrs. Vera Smith, Mrs. Vernice Wiggington and Mrs. Irene Solly
Half-brother: Kirby Lee and Pete
Half-sister: Edith May
14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren
Memories of our grandfather:
Bear hugs, scaring us with his false teeth, letting us play in his garden, his great gardening skills, smoking non-filtered Camels, his hat, his starched stiff as a board khaki pants & shirts, reading his Bible, faithfully attending church, his bald head, the comic books he would bring home from his job, marveling at how he drank hot coffee out of a saucer!
Mr. Bailey lived in Lufkin most of his life and was employed by the City of Lufkin for 18 years.
Father: William Jefferson Bailey
Mother: Lydia P. Christie
He was predeceased by his fraternal twin brother, Kerns Bailey.
Survivors:
Wife, Claudie
Son: Eldridge (Bill)
Daughters: Athalene A.(John) Burkhalter, Mrs. Marvis Nell (Paul) Miller, Mrs. Imogene (Claude) Montes, Mrs. Melva (Curtis)Van Schoubreok
Brothers: Alvin and Claud Bailey
Sisters: Mrs. Vera Smith, Mrs. Vernice Wiggington and Mrs. Irene Solly
Half-brother: Kirby Lee and Pete
Half-sister: Edith May
14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren
Memories of our grandfather:
Bear hugs, scaring us with his false teeth, letting us play in his garden, his great gardening skills, smoking non-filtered Camels, his hat, his starched stiff as a board khaki pants & shirts, reading his Bible, faithfully attending church, his bald head, the comic books he would bring home from his job, marveling at how he drank hot coffee out of a saucer!
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