Alonzo Bailey Jr.

Alonzo Bailey, Jr. WADMALAW ISLAND - Entered into eternal rest on the morning of November 6, 2025, Alonzo Francis Bailey, Jr., affectionately known as "Dink", husband of Patsy Bailey. The relatives and friends are invited to attend a service and reception at Rockville Presbyterian Church, 2479 Sea Island Yacht Club Road, Rockville, SC, on November 22, 2025, at 1:00 pm. Dink Bailey was born November 13, 1941, in Wadmalaw Island, SC, to the late Alonzo Francis Bailey, Sr. and Eleanor Butler Bailey. Dink began his career as a mechanic with Way's Garage. He expanded his mechanic knowledge on boats while working at Botany Bay Marina. Dink decided to transition into his true passion, sitework. Dink owned and operated Dink's Repair until he retired. During this time, Dink cleared lots and maintained many roads on Wadmalaw for clients that later became his friends. Dink was a respected icon, a patriarch of Wadmalaw Island, having lived on his beloved island his entire life except for a tour in Japan with the United States Navy. After hitchhiking his way across country from California back to Wadmalaw, he met and married his wife, Patsy, on July 3, 1965. Dink was a giving man. Helping without hesitation, Dink was loved by many and idolized by a few as well. Dink instilled those same qualities in his son, Paul Bailey, who predeceased him. Dink was well known, well-liked and respected by all that met him. He will be missed by his family and friends. Surviving are his wife, Patsy Bailey; his sister, Sarah "Sally" Whaley; and his brother, Hardee "Buddy" Bailey. Dink was predeceased by his son, Paul Bailey; and his sister, Eleanor "Midge" Davis. Memorials can be made to Rockville Presbyterian Church, 2479 Sea Island Yacht Club Road, Rockville, SC.