UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Henry Clay Bailey Sr., 9 Mar 2005
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Henry Clay Bailey Sr., 89, formerly of Maple Drive, North Augusta, S.C., died
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton.

Mr. Bailey was a native of Unicoi County and the son of the late Landon and
Margaret Higgins Bailey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by his wife, Pauline Graybeal Bailey, a daughter-in-law, Anne Williams Bailey,
and two brothers, Hatley Bailey and Bob Bailey.

Mr. Bailey was a member of Westside Christian Church, Martinez, Ga. He retired
from Dupont Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C.

Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, H. Clay and Joan Bailey,
Elizabethton, Charles A. and Nancy Bailey, Mauldin, S.C., and Michael W. and
Debra Bailey, Aiken, S.C.; 10 granddaughters and grandsons-in-law, Ricki and
Jeff Dykes, Olathe, Kansas, Jenni and Jeff Carowan, Lewisville, N.C., Lori and
Tim Shields, Elizabethton, Melanie and Clay Sprouse and Stephanie and Charles
Reece, all of Simpsonville, S.C., Ashley Hixon, Mauldin, S.C., Kari and David
Meldrum, Lugoff, S.C., Wendy and Greg Merry, Evans, Ga., Christy and Brent
Moore, North Augusta, S.C., and Nikki Cowart, Aiken, S.C.; 21 great-
grandchildren; four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Annabelle and Clarence
Wampler, Mineral, Va., Gladys Ledford, Knoxville, Pansy and David Cash, Bluff
City, and Bea and Homer Foster, Savannah, Ga.; a brother-in-law and his wife,
Ralph and Pat Graybeal, Johnson City; a special friend, Inez Owens, Belvedere,
S.C.; and longtime family friend, Mrs. Juanita Johnson, Augusta, Ga.

The funeral service for Mr. Bailey will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday, March
11, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Dr. Don Marshall and
Mr. John Smith, ministers, officiating. Music will be under the direction of
Joel Crisp, Gail Campbell and Frieda Winters. A graveside service and
interment will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 12, at Pineview Memorial Park in
North Augusta, S.C., with Mr. James Joiner, minister, officiating. The family
will receive friends in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home from 6
until 7 p.m. Friday, prior to the service, or at other times at the home of a
son, H. Clay Bailey, 121 Harold Estep Road, Elizabethton. Active pallbearers
will be Tim Shields, Landon Shields, Jeff Dykes, Jeff Carowan, Greg Merry,
Brent Moore, David Meldrum, Clay Sprouse and Charles Reece. Those who prefer
memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Westside Christian
Church Building Fund, 4352 Columbia Road, Martinez, GA 30907. Online
condolences may be sent to the family through the Tetrick Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, 
(423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. 

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