Wife of James Bailey
Aged 62 yrs 6 mos 27 days
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of death: Colon cancer
Death cert. #16195
Mary Lavinia Brown, daughter of S. D. and Nancy Brown, was born near Solo, September 14, 1884, and died April 11, 1947. She was 62.
She was united in marriage in 1903 to James N. Bailey.
She was a member of the Big Creek Free Will Baptist church and had been active in church work for many years. She was widely known in Texas county.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, James N.; 12 children, 24 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Chester, of Wilmington, Ill.; Lester, of Evening Shade; Carmie, of the home; Everett, of Eunice; Walter, of Raymondville; Edna Williams, of Keota, Ia.; Myrtle Cornelison, and Blanche Barnes, of Summersville; Lorene Halstead, of Lewiston, Idaho; Maxine Halstead, Muscotah, Kansas; Loretha Hubbs, St. Louis, Mo.; Reva Lanning, Kansas City, Mo.; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Brown, of Summersville; three brothers, Lee Brown, of Eunice; Virgil Brown, Summersville; Hershel Brown, of Waukee, Ia.; one sister, Alice Hogan, of Newport Beach, Calif., and a host of other relatives and friends.
Interment was at Union Chapel cemetery. Songs by the Big Creek choir, with Mrs. Cleo Bandy, as organist, were "Just Inside The Eastern Gate," "Precious Memories", "There's a Mansion Waiting For Me, " and "Farther Along."
Pallbearers were Howard Bailey, Marvin Bailey, Steve Lewis, Bill Lewis, Raymond Coffman and Clarence Brown.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leonard Cornelison and Rev. Silas Cunningham, under direction of the Elliott Funeral Home.
(Houston Herald, 4/24/47, p.7)
Wife of James Bailey
Aged 62 yrs 6 mos 27 days
Occupation: Housewife
Cause of death: Colon cancer
Death cert. #16195
Mary Lavinia Brown, daughter of S. D. and Nancy Brown, was born near Solo, September 14, 1884, and died April 11, 1947. She was 62.
She was united in marriage in 1903 to James N. Bailey.
She was a member of the Big Creek Free Will Baptist church and had been active in church work for many years. She was widely known in Texas county.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, James N.; 12 children, 24 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Chester, of Wilmington, Ill.; Lester, of Evening Shade; Carmie, of the home; Everett, of Eunice; Walter, of Raymondville; Edna Williams, of Keota, Ia.; Myrtle Cornelison, and Blanche Barnes, of Summersville; Lorene Halstead, of Lewiston, Idaho; Maxine Halstead, Muscotah, Kansas; Loretha Hubbs, St. Louis, Mo.; Reva Lanning, Kansas City, Mo.; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Brown, of Summersville; three brothers, Lee Brown, of Eunice; Virgil Brown, Summersville; Hershel Brown, of Waukee, Ia.; one sister, Alice Hogan, of Newport Beach, Calif., and a host of other relatives and friends.
Interment was at Union Chapel cemetery. Songs by the Big Creek choir, with Mrs. Cleo Bandy, as organist, were "Just Inside The Eastern Gate," "Precious Memories", "There's a Mansion Waiting For Me, " and "Farther Along."
Pallbearers were Howard Bailey, Marvin Bailey, Steve Lewis, Bill Lewis, Raymond Coffman and Clarence Brown.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Leonard Cornelison and Rev. Silas Cunningham, under direction of the Elliott Funeral Home.
(Houston Herald, 4/24/47, p.7)
Family Members
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Chester W. Bailey
1905–1996
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Lester Lee Bailey
1908–2002
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Myrtle Alice Bailey Cornelison
1910–1999
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Myrtle Alice Bailey Cornelison
1910–1999
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Carmie J Bailey
1912–1990
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Blanche Meda Bailey Barnes
1917–2005
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Walter Truman Bailey
1920–2020
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Lorene Bailey Halstead
1922–2003
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Maxine Bailey Halstead
1922–2012
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Loretha Ruth Bailey Hubbs
1924–2016
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Pauline Agnes Bailey
1927–1928
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