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Johnnie H. Bailey Jr.

Overland Park, Kansas

1940 - 2025

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Johnnie (John) H. Bailey, Jr. July 13, 1940 - August 10, 2025 Overland Park, Kansas - Johnnie ("John") H. Bailey, Jr., 85, died at home unexpectedly on August 10, 2025, after experiencing several years of health challenges. John was born in Kansas City on July 13, 1940, to parents Johnnie Howard...

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I'll miss seeing you my friend. Thoughts && Prayers to all who knew && loved him! Rest Easy! The Dude Abides.

Coach Bailey was my favorite teacher !RSHS 82 - he was just fun and entertaining but also stern if he had to be . Lots of girls had a crush on him and he took it all in stride . I´m sorry to the family and friends- you lost a great guy! RIP Coach !

Bailey was a legend. I knew him through East High School friends in around 1963 in Warrensburg. Couple of years later Ron Taylor,Dick Eagan, Roger Hampton, Bailey and I took a road trip to New York. We stopped for gas somewhere in Ohio and asked the gas station attendant what the cheapest beer was, he replied,"root beer" which had us in stitches for the rest of the trip. We had a lot of laughs in NY, I moved to California right after that and only saw him once or twice again, once when he was...