  Emmie Dea Bailey 10 October 1896 - 25 November 1954 Don William Bailey 7 November 1891 - 17 November 1954  Doris Estelle Bailey 31 December 1919 - 31 December 1932  Jimmie Bailey 1 May 1917 - 7 May 1917 The Denison Press Wednesday, November 24, 1954 Funeral services were held at Trinity Methodist Church Saturday afternoon for Don W. Bailey, Sr., Denison farmer, who died Wednesday at Madonna Hospital from burns received a month ago. Rev. W.W. Pittman, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, and Rev. Ed Bayless, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated and burail was in Oakridge Cemetery with Bratcher-Moore Funeral directors in charge. Bailey's wife remains in a critical condition in the hospital from burns received in the same accident that proved fatal to her husband. They had started to light a butane gas stove when leaking gas in another room of their home exploded. Bailey was born in Scheyeler, Nebraska, November 7, 1891, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Bailey. He attended schools in Oregon and was married in the Oak Ridge community in 1916 to Emmie Dea Rice. They resided in Oregon before coming to Denison 41 years ago. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife; two sons, Don Bailey of Denison and James L. Bailey of Arlington; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Wilburn of Denison and Mrs. James Bowles of Grand Prairie; three brothers, Charlie Bailey of Denison; Ash Bailey of Junction City, Oregon; and Dell Bailey of Las Cruces, New Mexico; three sisters, Mrs. Cecil Hightower of Arteria, New Mexico; Mrs. Curtis Shaffer of Denison; and Mrs. Harvey McGehee of Ravenna; and 10 grandchildren.  Oakridge Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |