Oakland County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, William A. July 13, 1908
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MILFORD TIMES July 18, 1908
Headline: W.A.BAILEY  Willliam A. Bailey died at his home in Commerce township at 11a.m. 
on Monday  July 13, 1908, after a protracted illness with tuberculosis. 
For the past year  he had been steadily failing but was not confined to his bed until a short  
time before the end.   The funeral was conducted at the M.E. Church Wednesday forenoon by the Rev.  
Scofleld and the burial occured at West Highland Cemetery.   
Mr. Bailey was the son of the late Joseph Bailey and was born in Commerce  
township in November, 1860 and lived in this vicinity all his life. 
He was  twice married [1st to Ida Beatty] and leaves a widow [Mae Cooper] and four  
[Norman, b.1898; Elmer b. 1901 plus two unknown] children, also two brothers,  
Wallace and Samuel Bailey, and five sisters, Mrs. [Hannah Bailey] Teeples, Mrs  
[Susan Bailey] Thos. Long of Commerce, Mrs. [Mary Bailey] James Scott of  
Davisburg, Mr. Belle Francy of Bennett, Iowa and Mrs. Eliza Moore of Omaha,  Neb.   

Additional Comments:
In a "gossip item" of the Milford Times, same date, was a notice about who  attended Will's wake.  
 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Scott of Davisburg, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Bailey and daughter of  S. Lyon, 
Mrs. Chester Skarritt, Ernest and Ida Bailey of White Lake, Mrs. Will  
Bailey and Miss Goldie Teeples of Commerce, Mrs. L.D. Gay and Mrs. Geo Barton  
of Milford spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey at Highland.

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