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Steve David Bailey

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Steve David Bailey

Birth
Sandlick, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Death
2 Sep 2016 (aged 86)
West Virginia, USA
Burial
Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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s/o Ernest Addison Bailey & Nellie Smith Barnett
NOTE: There's a confusion as to who Steve David Bailey's mother is, his father married Nellie Smith on 24 Jun 1929 in Mercer County, West Virginia and Steve David Bailey was born on 17 May 1930. Ernest Addison Bailey married Dovie A. Dickens on 19 Oct 1936 in Tazewell County, Virginia, Dovie A. Dickens was Steve David Bailey Step-Mother.
step-father Glenn Barnett
h/o Virginia Lucille Smiley Bailey

Steve David Bailey

May 17, 1930 - September 02, 2016

Steve David Bailey died peacefully with his family by his side on his sixty-sixth wedding anniversary, September 2, 2016, at the age of 86. Steve was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He never knew a stranger, and his family will have memories of him being a loving, caring person and a faithful provider.

Steve was born in Sandlick, West Virginia on May 17, 1930, and attended Bramwell High School. He served in the Navy from 1951-1955, during the Korean War. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad in 1986 after over 38 hard-working years.

Steve is survived by his loving wife, Virginia Lucille Smiley Bailey, his son, Michael Bailey and wife Missy, of Princeton, his daughter, Lori Branham and husband Mike, of Lebanon, Virginia, his grandsons, Steve Bailey and wife Melissa, of Roanoke, Virginia, David Aaron Bailey and wife Santana, of Moneta, Virginia, and Heath Branham and wife Elizabeth, of Lebanon, Virginia, his great-grandson, Jackson Steve, of Roanoke, his brother, Joe Barnett and wife Barbara, of Princeton, his sisters, Saundra Barnett, of Beckley, Shelby Shumate and husband Larry, of Princeton, Kathleen Krondon and husband Joseph, of Pasadena, Maryland, Juanita Bailey, of Princeton, Sandy Dunn and husband Bruce, of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, and Carol Rutledge and husband Craig, of Yadkinville, North Carolina, and many nieces and nephews.

Steve was preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Smith Barnett and step-father, Glenn Barnett, of Sandlick, his father, Ernest Bailey, of Montcalm, and his brother, Roger Bailey, of Princeton.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Rev. Melody Rickman officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton where military honors will be performed by the Mercer County Veterans Honor Guard.
s/o Ernest Addison Bailey & Nellie Smith Barnett
NOTE: There's a confusion as to who Steve David Bailey's mother is, his father married Nellie Smith on 24 Jun 1929 in Mercer County, West Virginia and Steve David Bailey was born on 17 May 1930. Ernest Addison Bailey married Dovie A. Dickens on 19 Oct 1936 in Tazewell County, Virginia, Dovie A. Dickens was Steve David Bailey Step-Mother.
step-father Glenn Barnett
h/o Virginia Lucille Smiley Bailey

Steve David Bailey

May 17, 1930 - September 02, 2016

Steve David Bailey died peacefully with his family by his side on his sixty-sixth wedding anniversary, September 2, 2016, at the age of 86. Steve was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He never knew a stranger, and his family will have memories of him being a loving, caring person and a faithful provider.

Steve was born in Sandlick, West Virginia on May 17, 1930, and attended Bramwell High School. He served in the Navy from 1951-1955, during the Korean War. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad in 1986 after over 38 hard-working years.

Steve is survived by his loving wife, Virginia Lucille Smiley Bailey, his son, Michael Bailey and wife Missy, of Princeton, his daughter, Lori Branham and husband Mike, of Lebanon, Virginia, his grandsons, Steve Bailey and wife Melissa, of Roanoke, Virginia, David Aaron Bailey and wife Santana, of Moneta, Virginia, and Heath Branham and wife Elizabeth, of Lebanon, Virginia, his great-grandson, Jackson Steve, of Roanoke, his brother, Joe Barnett and wife Barbara, of Princeton, his sisters, Saundra Barnett, of Beckley, Shelby Shumate and husband Larry, of Princeton, Kathleen Krondon and husband Joseph, of Pasadena, Maryland, Juanita Bailey, of Princeton, Sandy Dunn and husband Bruce, of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, and Carol Rutledge and husband Craig, of Yadkinville, North Carolina, and many nieces and nephews.

Steve was preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Smith Barnett and step-father, Glenn Barnett, of Sandlick, his father, Ernest Bailey, of Montcalm, and his brother, Roger Bailey, of Princeton.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Rev. Melody Rickman officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton where military honors will be performed by the Mercer County Veterans Honor Guard.


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