OBIT: Leonard G. BAILEY, 2000, Addison, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BAILEY
  
  Leonard G. Bailey, 85, of Addison, died Feb. 7, 2000, at Memorial Medical
  Center, Johnstown.  He was born Dec. 15, 1914, in Fairchance, a son of James
  R. and Daisy E. (Guthrie) Bailey.  Preceded in death by parents; first wife,
  Meryl I. (Brice) Bailey, brother, William Bailey, nephew, William R. Bailey,
  Jr.. sister-in-law, Marjorie Bailey, and niece, Denise Smiley.  He is survived
  by his wife, Gay J. (McClintock) Bailey; brothers, James R. and wife, Alice,
  Phoenix, Ariz., Warren S. and wife, Adeline, and Robert D. and wife,
  Charlotte, all of Fairchance; sisters: Betty Smiley and husband, Glenn, of
  Fairchance; and Doris Betts and husband, Greg, Minden, Nev.  Also numerous and
  precious nieces and nephews.  He was a loving and devoted husband for 24 years.
  A graduate of Washington & Jefferson College and Fairchance High School.  He
  taught at Fairchance and served as supervising principal from 1942 to 1955.
  While there, he also coached baseball and football and directed school plays.
  From 1955 until his retirement in 1974, he was they superintendent of
  Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District.  A U.S. Army veteran of World War II,
  he served in the European Theater.  He was a member of Uniontown American
  Legion Post 51, a charter Member of Fairchance Lions Club and presently a
  member of Confluence Lions Club, where he also served a term as president.
  Member of Laurel Lodge 651 F. & A .M. of Uniontown, and the Ancient Accepted
  Scottish Rite and Syria Shrine of Pittsburgh.  Also a member of the Addison
  United Methodist Church. where he served as church treasurer, taught Sunday
  school and was a member of the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee for many
  years.  He was also a lay speaker at various churches in the Turkeyfoot area.
  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  Wednesday, at the Humbert Funeral Home in Confluence, where services will be
  held at 11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Timothy Rogers officiating.  Interment
  will follow in Addison cemetery.  Family suggests contributions to Addison
  United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 34, Addison, Pa. 15411.
  
  Daily American, February 8, 2000
  
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