Asheville - Margaret Ann Bailey Crowder, 74, of 730 Olivette Road, Asheville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003, at her residence with her children by her side.
She was a native of Madison County and resident of Buncombe County most of her life. She was a member of New Liberty Baptist Church and a daughter of the late Curtis Haskew Bailey and Mildia Burnetta Lowe Bailey.
She was the wife of Roy Edward Crowder, who died Sept. 16, 2001, following 50 years of marriage. Mrs. Crowder was also preceded in death by brothers, Glen Bailey, Paul Bailey and Albert Bailey.
She is survived by her son, Roy Edward Eddie Crowder II and wife, Janice, of Asheville; daughter, Denise Ann Huntley and husband, Rick,of Asheville; sisters, Bertha Dockery, Dorothy Lee Brown, Ruby Rash and Gladys Huffman, all of Asheville, Dollie Norton and Faye Clement, both of Alexander,Louise Meeker of West Asheville and Earlene Hensley of Cleveland, Tenn.; brothers, Grady Bailey of Old Fort, Everette Bailey of Asheville and Howard Bailey of Denver, Colo.; grandchildren, Neal Huntley,Nalina Brenzel and husband, Chris, and Eric Davis; great-granddaughters, Makaela and Addison Brenzel; and several nieces and nephews.The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Liberty Baptist Church with the Revs. Garry Rogers, Gerald Sprinkle and Danny Little officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with her
nephews serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home and at other times at the residence. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.
--Anders-Rice Funeral Home--

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North Carolina, Birth Index
Name: Margaret Ann Bailey
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 12 Mar 1929
Event Place: Madison, North Carolina
Other Event Place: 7 (Unknown)
Page: 190
Source Reference: 16
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NORTH CAROLINA, MARRIAGES
Name: Roy Edward Crowder
Birth Date: 1922
Age: 28
Spouse's Name: Margaret Ann Bailey
Spouse's Birth Date: 1929
Spouse's Age: 21
Event Date: 05 Nov 1950
Event Place: Asheville, Buncombe, NC
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73651-9
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
GS Film number: 412577
Reference ID: bk 3 p 5
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United States Social Security Death Index
Age 74
Given Name Margaret
Middle Name B
Surname Crowder
Birth Date 12 Mar 1929
State North Carolina
Last Place of Residence
Buncombe, North Carolina
Previous Residence Postal Code
28804
Event Date 10 Aug 2003
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Event Type Census
Event Year 1930
Event Place Little Pine Creek Township, Madison, NC
Curtis H Baily Head M 34 North Carolina
Mildred B Baily Wife F 34 North Carolina
Gradie C Baily Son M 15 North Carolina
Bertha G Baily Dau F 13 North Carolina
Paul L Baily Son M 11 North Carolina
Albert G Baily Son M 8 North Carolina
Dorthy L Baily Dau F 6 North Carolina
Ruth O Baily Dau F 3 North Carolina
Everette J Baily Son M 1 North Carolina
Margaret Baily Dau F 1 North Carolina
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