Obituaries: Dr. Burford Lee Bailey, 1952, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 8, 1952 Winnfield News-American

Brother of Local Residents Dies In Monroe Tuesday

Dr. Burford Bailey Stricken With Heart Attack Here Recently

Dr. Burford Lee Bailey, 80, of Star City, Ark., brother of B. W. Bailey and
Mrs. Maude Long of Winnfield, and B. Bailey of St. Maurice, died in a Monroe
hospital Tuesday after a brief illness.

Funeral services were held in Star City at the First Baptist Church at 4 p.m.
Wednesday, with interment following in Lick Cemetery.

Dr. Bailey was stricken with a heart attack in Winnfield only recently and was
confined to a local hospital for a brief period.

He was a former company physician for the Commercial Solvent Plant at Sterling
(Sterlington?).  He had practiced medicine in Epps for the past 20 years.  Dr.
Bailey was a member of the Masons, Shriners, and a deacon in the First Baptist
Church.

Survivors include three sons, J. B. Bailey of Epps, and O. K. and H. R. of
Sterlington; two daughters, Mrs. E. K. McDuff of Monroe and Mrs. W. B. Crow of
Star City, Ark.; two brothers, B. W. Bailey of Winnfield and B. Bailey of St.
Maurice; one sister, Mrs. Maude Long of Winnfield, eight grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.