Olear E. Pigott Bailey
Shirley Pigott Wheat Bailey
(April 12, 1935 - October 26, 2012)

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at the Hathorn Funeral Home, Columbia, MS for Shirley Pigott Wheat Bailey, of Columbia, who passed away on October 26, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 77. Burial will be in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Bogalusa, LA. Bro. James McQuiston will officiate.

Mrs. Bailey was born on April 12, 1935 to the late William H. and Gracey I. Ready Pigott. She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church of Columbia, and worked as a caregiver. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands; Lonnie L. Wheat, Bennie Bailey, and Bobby Walker, three sons; Richard E. Wheat, Mark A. Bailey, and Kenneth L. Wheat, and four sisters; Louise Granger, Edith Knight, Aline Sprehe, and Inez Miley. She is survived by three sons; Ronald L. Wheat (Molly) of Slidell, Sydney Wheat of Bogalusa, and Jack Bailey of Columbia, two daughters; Shirley Roberts of Birmingham, AL, and Martha Temples of Hammond, twelve grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephew's, and friends. A visitation will be held at the funeral home, on Wednesday, from 11 am until the time of service at 2 p.m. Arrangements made under the direction of Hathorn Funeral Home, Columbia, MS
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In Memory of Shirley Pigott Wheat Bailey
April 12, 1935
October 26, 2012

Services:
Hathorn Funeral Home Chapel
October 31, 2012
2:00 p.m.

Clergy: Jim McQuiston

Pallbearers:

Jack Bailey
Harvey Mitchell
Eric Bailey
Cory Walker
Sydney Wheat
Derrick Bailey
Scott Freeman

Interment:
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Bogalusa, Louisiana
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SHIRLEY PIGOTT WHEAT BAILEY

77, Columbia

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the Hathorn Funeral Home Chapel for Ms. Shirley Pigott Wheat Bailey, 77, of Columbia who died Friday, Oct. 26 as a result of an automobile accident. Interment was in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Louisiana. Visitation was held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at Hathorn Funeral Home.

Hathorn Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

The Columbian-Progress
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The Columbian Progress
Columbia, Miss.
01 Nov 2012
Thursday
Page: 1
Accident in dense fog claims life

A 77 year old Marion County woman was killed last Friday in a two vehicle accident on Mississippi Hwy. 35 north of Columbia, a Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman said earlier this week.
Shirley Pigott Bailey of Goss Bunker Hill Road was driving south on Mississippi Hwy. 35, MHP Cpl. Todd Miller said Monday. She was killed when a vehicle driven by Virginia Robertson of Reservoir Road was unable to stop, he said.
Miller said that he knew of no other injuries in connection with the acciden.
The dense fog that morning is believed to have contributed to the fatal wreck.
Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 6:19 a. m. call and stayed on the scene of the accident for more than two hours.
Funeral services for Bailey were held Wednesday at Hathorn Funeral Home of Columbia. Burial followed at Mount Olive (La.) Cemetery.