JOE WHITE BAILEY

JOE WHITE BAILEY of Greenville, OH formerly of Arcanum and Versailles, OH died December 16, 2021 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was first employed by the Rutherford Funeral Homes of Columbus and Worthington. From 1965 to 1979, Bailey was employed by the C.J. Miller & Sons Funeral Home in Greenville as a licensed mortician. In October of 1979 Bailey and his wife purchased the Miller-Hill Funeral Home in Ver-sailles, OH. In January of 1985 they merged into a partnership with Zechar Bailey Funeral Homes. Bai-ley was active in all phases of the Versailles/Greenville locations until he began semi-retirement in July of 1999, followed by full retirement in July, 2002. A 1963 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member and served as Third District of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Na-tional Funeral Directors Association.