MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Mae Bailey Clarke Slay, 24 Apr 2001
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MAE BAILEY CLARK SLAY

CHICO, CA – Mae Bailey Clarke Slay, 95, died Tuesday, April 24, 2001. Born in 
Penland, she was the daughter of Burgess Lafayette Bailey and Louellen Westall 
Bailey, and wife of the late Charles Clarke and Franklin Slay. Her family was 
known as the “Deer Park Baileys.” After purchasing land at the end of Bailey’s 
Peak Road off Penland Road, from her sister, she arranged to have wild turkeys
released on the property and had it designated as a state wildlife preserve. 
Her father founded Deer Park in 1875 as the first wildlife refuge in western 
North Carolina. A member of the World Wide Church of God, she was a frequent 
visitor to the Penland area.
Survivors include two daughters, Adele Lumsden of Paradise, CA, and Barbara 
Foster of Tulsa, OK; a son, Ronald Slay of Staten Island, NY; four 
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
A graveside service was held on Saturday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at the Bailey 
Cemetery on Deer Park Road. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine was in charge of 
arrangements.