Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Branch A., 1987 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BRANCH ASHBY BAILEY IVOR - Branch Ashby Bailey, 79, died Oct. 18, in his home. Mr. Bailey, a Norfolk native, had retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was a member of Ivor Baptist Church and the Ivor Hunt Club. He formerly worked for Kea Supply Co. in Ivor. Survivors include his wife, Myrtie Clark Bailey; four daughters, Barbara M. Nelms of Smithfield, Rebecca M. Biron of Winston-Salem, N.C., Jane M. Wiltermood of Aurora, Ill., and Joan B. Cook of Ivor; a son, Ashby L. Bailey of Suffolk; two sisters, Catherine B. Brown of Sedley and Frances B. Britt of Waverly; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Tuesday in Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield by the Rev. Irvin Acree. Burial was in Ivor Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Ivor Volunteer Fire Department or to the Ivor Rescue Squad. [Branch Ashby BAILEY, retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk native, d. 18 Oct 1987, at home, age 79, interred in Ivor Cemetery, 20 Oct 1987, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 22, 1987, p. 6A] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400b7ob.txt