Mary Alice Fields Bailey, 78, wife of Stanley Bailey, of McDowell Road, Nicholasville, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. She was born in Carcassonne, Kentucky, on October 14, 1947, to the late Beckham and Dixie Caudill Fields. She is survived by her husband Stanley, two daughters, Melissa (David) Perkins and Sandy (Greg) Rechtin, three grandchildren, Ryan, Randall, and Bradley Perkins, and three siblings, Connie Boggs, John Fields, and Polly Ballard. She was preceded in death by twelve siblings, Florence Fields, Jean Rainess, Shirley Dixon, Hetty Caudill, Clovis Whitaker, George Fields, Lois Fields, Marie Caudill, Clarice Holland, Beckam Fields Jr., Norma Williams, and Linda Ball. Betts & West Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bailey Family in their time of need. An online guestbook is available at www.BettsandWestFuneralHome.com.
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