Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Columbus W., 1972 

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COLUMBUS WASHINGTON BAILEY 

   Columbus Washington Bailey, 75, prominent citizen, merchant and funeral 
director of Windsor for the past 50 years, died at his home in that town on 
Monday afternoon, April 3, at 3:20 o’clock. He was a son of the late Charles 
W. and Indiana Howell Bailey of Isle of Wight County.  He was a member of the 
Windsor Christian Church.

   Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. D.L. Godwin of Windsor; a brother, 
Lorenzo Bailey of Windsor; two sisters, Mrs. Opher Wilkerson and Mrs. J.C. 
Roberts of Windsor; two granddaughters, Misses Martha Lee Godwin and Frances 
Godwin, also of Windsor; and several nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services for Mr. Bailey were conducted at 4 o’clock Wednesday 
afternoon at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home in Suffolk, followed by burial in 
Holly Lawn Cemetery.


Columbus Washington BAILEY, merchant & funeral director, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 3 Apr 1950, at home, Windsor, age 75, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 5 Apr 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 7, 1950, p. 17 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His parents are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 

His sister Lucy m. his wife Claudyne's cousin James Cornelius ROBERTS. They & 
   Claudyne's parents are buried in Windsor Cemetery.  IWCHS GSSTF report #26: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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