Agnes M. Baily

Agnes M. Baily, born in Jersey City, N.J., on July 14, 1915, of Norwegian parents and resident of Salem and Roanoke, Va., for many years, passed from this life on Sunday, January 11, 2009, in Farnham, Va., at the age of 93, joining in death her husband of over 50 years, the Rev. Percy E. Baily Jr. She leaves behind their three children and their families. Her son, the Rev. Phillip E. Baily and his wife, Martha Faye, are of Seneca, S.C.; granddaughter, Suzanne Morgan, and her two boys, Eric and Ryan, are of Lawrenceville, Ga.; granddaughter, Heather Cooper, and husband, Gregory, and son, Andrey, are of Hope Mills, N.C.; daughter, Joanna Baily Cook and her husband, William Riley Cook III, are of Conifer, Colo.; daughter, Marilyn Baily Tellefsen, and grandson, John Tingle, are of Irvington, Va.; granddaughters, Anna and Sarah Tingle, are of Richmond, Va.; and her niece, Carolyn Prescott, lives in Haverhill, Mass. Agnes will be remembered for her sweet spirit, her skills of sewing and quilting, her many years of teaching the Bible and her life of service to God and others. A celebration of her life service will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2009, at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, 402 Hershberger Road, Northwest, Roanoke, Va., followed by interment at Sherwood Memorial Park, 1045 Lynchburg Turnpike, Salem, Va. No flowers, please; donations in memory of Agnes may be given to World Hope International, P.O. Box 96338, Washington, D.C., www.worldhope.org. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.