ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BAILEY, WILLIAM MARVIN, JR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Honaker Funeral Home, Sdlidell, La.

Died: Sunday, March 13, 2016

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BAILEY, WILLIAM MARVIN, JR.
	March 13, 2016

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William Marvin (Bill) Bailey Jr, born September 14, 1918 in Chisholm, Rockwall 
County, Texas, passed away March 13, 2016 at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner, 
LA surrounded by family after a battle with cancer.

He is predeceased by parents, Dr. W M Bailey and Florence Shook, sisters Ruth 
Bailey Peters and Kathryn Bailey Allen, wife Nora Elizabeth Griffith, and 
stepson George Willson.

He is survived by wife Jean Whitfield Willson Bailey, daughters Suzanne Bennett 
(James Cozart), Elizabeth Bailey (Robert Oliver), Stepdaughter Jean E Willson, 
and son William M Bailey III (Diane Park Bailey).
Mr. Bailey has 6 grandchildren: Michelle Henderson, William M Bailey IV, 
Patrick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Betsy Hammond, and Katherine Flouhouse.
He has 11 great-grandchildren: Heather LaBarbera, Holly Say, Andrew Spillios, 
Hannah Spillios, Laura Bailey, Austin Bailey, Caleb Bailey, Miles Bailey, Ava 
Bailey, Harrison Flouhouse, and Will Flouhouse.

Bill spent 32 years in civil service. His career began after graduation from 
The University of Texas where he played trombone in the UT Marching Band. In 
1941 he began working in Army Ordinance through the end of WWII at Lone Star 
and Red River Arsenals in Texarkana, TX. He was then transferred to Huntsville 
AL with the Army Ordinance Missile Command.

He joined NASA in Huntsville at the beginning of the Space Program.

The Bailey family moved to Slidell in 1962 when Bill was transferred to the 
Michoud Facility in New Orleans. He retired in 1973 as Chief Financial Officer 
and Assistant Facility Manager at Michoud.

Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., at 
Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd West, Slidell, LA.

Visitation starts at 10:00 a.m. until service time.

Internment to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Louisiana Methodist Children Home 
at 901 S. Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270, or American Cancer Society

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