Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: John and Guy Bailey Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight, Thursday, February 9, 1956: Fire takes lives of Fred and Guy Bailey: Early morning blaze, starting in mattress, also threatens the life of Mrs. Mary Bailey, who is still in hospital: John Bogart (Fred) Bailey, 81, a retired wabash railroad employee, and his son, Guy F. Bailey, 56, met death as a result of an early morning fire last Friday in the family home at 415 North Locust street. The father's death occurred during the fire and was due to suffocation, according to the county coroner, Dr. C. N. Williamson, Gentry. Guy Bailey, suffering from acute burns about the face, arms and body, was rushed to the St. Francis hospital in Maryville, where he clung to life until Sunday morning. Only the younger man was burned. Mrs. Mary Bailey, 77, wife and mother of the two men, a semi-invalid, suffered from shock and the smoke and also was taken to the Maryville hostpital in a Johnson Funeral Home ambulance. Her conditions was still considered critical when this was written. The fire apparently started in the bed of Guy Bailey in the northwest corner of the wooden frame bungalow. Firemen could not estimate how long the fire had smoldered in the two mattresses before spreading to other parts of the bedroom. The volunteer department containted the fire damage to the bedroom and ceiling and roof above it. On way to work; The fire was observed shortly before 7 a.m. by Mrs. Curtis Quinn and Mrs. James Williams, neighbors on their way to work at the Stanberry Manufacturing Co. ONLY PART OF STORY.