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William Bailey Obituary
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, Hammond Street, Rocky Mount. Friends and family are invited to gather after the service for a light lunch at the church.
A graveside internment service with military funeral honors will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 2, 2008 at the Stantonsburg, Cemetery.
Mr. Bailey was preceded in death by his father William H. Bailey, Sr., his mother, Dora Summerlin Bailey, his infant sister, Emily Jean Bailey, and his brother, Luther A. Bailey.
Bill was born in Stantonsburg. He grew up and spent his adult life in Rocky Mount. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps as a corpsman. He served with the fourth Marine Division in the Pacific, landing at Roi-Namur (Kwajalein Atoll), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. He was discharged in December, 1945. Bill later served in the U.S. Navy Reserve until his retirement in 1968.
Bill Bailey worked as an independent florist, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and in various capacities for Belk-Tyler and Belk department stores until his retirement. He enjoyed military history, food and cooking, photography, ham radio, computing, travel, friends, and family. He was active in veteran's organizations and his church throughout his later life.
The family wishes to express special thanks to the staffs of Autumn Care, Nashville, The Fountains at the Albemarle, Tarboro, Nash Health Care Systems, Heritage Hospital, and Boice-Willis Clinic for their care and compassion shown for Bill Bailey.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School or to a veteran's organization of choice.
Arrangements are entrust to Johnson Funerals and Cremations, 661 English Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.
Condolences can be made to the family through
www.johnsonfuneralsandcremations.com
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Memories and Condolences
for William Bailey
Bill Mize
July 8, 2008
Thank you, Corpsman!
Semper Fi
Jan Brown
July 4, 2008
My cousin Bill was a wonderful
character...sometimes crusty on the outside but always caring on the inside. For all the stalwart support that Bill provided to my brother Mitch, I thank him.
John W. Wenberg, Jr., Pastor Englewood United Methodist Church
July 3, 2008
Please accept our deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Mitch Brown
July 3, 2008
Bill Bailey was more than just cousin to me, for almost 50 years he was my surrogate father in many ways. Bill lived a long, good life and on his own terms. He will be sorely missed, but he is in a good place now. The USMC Hymn is playing there now, so I picture him enjoying all the fuss.
CDR Mitch Brown, USN (Ret)
Bill's "Cuzzin"
Bob Williams
July 1, 2008
Bill was an old friend. I always enjoyed singing wth him in the choir of the Methodist Church in Rocky Mount.
Lynn and Lynda Parker
July 1, 2008
Many enjoyable times spent with Bill Bailey along with his friends Bill and Joyce Parker. What a character!
Rick and Helen Davis
July 1, 2008
God Bless
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