Stanley Jefferson Bailey Jr., 74, of Massanutten, passed away April 1, 2013, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Bailey was born June 28, 1938, in Buffalo, N.Y., to the late Stanley Jefferson Bailey Sr. and Thelma Elizabeth Edwards Bailey. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Donna Royston.
Stanley graduated from East Aurora High School, the Naval Academy, George Washington University and Monterey Post Graduate School. He moved to the Valley from Florida to Massanutten and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elkton.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a naval aviator, naval sciences research coordinator/administrator, air antisubmarine officer, operations analyst and instructor, Naval Science School. He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal and the Navy "E" Ribbon.
Survivors include sons, Stan Bailey III and wife, Holly, of Massanutten, and Adam Bailey and wife, Carrie, of Norfolk; daughters, Ellen C. Bailey of Norfolk and Mary Deskins of Grosse Point Woods, Mich.; a sister, Lynne Huston and husband, William, of Hawaii; and grandchildren, Jeff Bailey IV, Alex Bailey, Clara Deskins, Robert Deskins and Beau Bailey.
Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton.
Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, April 4, 2013
Stanley Jefferson Bailey Jr., 74, of Massanutten, passed away April 1, 2013, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Bailey was born June 28, 1938, in Buffalo, N.Y., to the late Stanley Jefferson Bailey Sr. and Thelma Elizabeth Edwards Bailey. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Donna Royston.
Stanley graduated from East Aurora High School, the Naval Academy, George Washington University and Monterey Post Graduate School. He moved to the Valley from Florida to Massanutten and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elkton.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a naval aviator, naval sciences research coordinator/administrator, air antisubmarine officer, operations analyst and instructor, Naval Science School. He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal and the Navy "E" Ribbon.
Survivors include sons, Stan Bailey III and wife, Holly, of Massanutten, and Adam Bailey and wife, Carrie, of Norfolk; daughters, Ellen C. Bailey of Norfolk and Mary Deskins of Grosse Point Woods, Mich.; a sister, Lynne Huston and husband, William, of Hawaii; and grandchildren, Jeff Bailey IV, Alex Bailey, Clara Deskins, Robert Deskins and Beau Bailey.
Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton.
Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, April 4, 2013
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