Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Gorma September 26, 1987
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Ionia Sentinel Standard - September 28, 1987

                                  GORMA BAILEY

SUNFIELD-Gorma Bailey, 91, of 486 Harter Street,Ionia, died Sept 26 at Ionia 
County Memorial Hospital.

Born June 3, 1896, in Mungo County, West Virginia, he was the son of Jay and 
Janie Smith Spaulding.He was later adopted by Benjamin Bailey, attended schools 
in Liberty, W.VA, and served in the U.S.Army during World War I.

He was married to Minnie Byer on April 21, 1923, in Huntington,.W.VA., ad moved 
to Sunfield in 1946, later living in Portland and Ionia. He was a retied farmer 
and also retired Herdsman at Michigan State University.

He was a Beale hound trainer and belonged to both the Wolverine Eagle Club and 
the Grand Valley Beagle Club; he was the oldest member of the Portland American 
Legion post; and attended Portland Church of the Nazarene. He was a lifelong 
gospel music singer. 

surviving in addition to Minnie, his wife of 64 years, are a son Mikey; a 
daughter Dorothy Pifer; a grandson; a brother, Henry Bailey, of East Bank, 
W.VA.; and five sisters, Toots Bridgeman and Della Christian, both of 
St.Petersburg, Fla.; Ethel Fortner of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bessie Johnson of 
Holden, W.VA., and Linda Stepp of Kermit, W.VA; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. from the Mapes-Fisher Funeral Home, 
Sunfield, with the Rev. Thomas Voyles officiating.
 
Burial will be in East Sebewa Cemetery.


Additional Comments:
East Sebewa Cem.
WWI Veteran

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