Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Cadmus L., 1938 

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CADMUS LAWSON BAILEY

   Cadmus Lawson Bailey, 40, son of the late L.M. and Mrs. Irene Bailey of 
Littleton, Sussex County, died at his home in Courtland last Saturday night 
after a brief illness.  He had made his home in Courtland last Saturday night 
after a brief illness.  He had made his home in Courtland for the last 22 
years, and for several years had been employed by the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot 
and Norfolk Ledger Dispatch in the distribution of papers in Eastern Virginia 
and North Carolina.

   Mr. Bailey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucye Howell Bailey; two sons, 
Charles and Billie Bailey, and two daughters, Misses Joyce and Patsy Bailey, 
all of Courtland; two brothers, L.E. Bailey of Franklin, and G.J. Bailey of 
Littleton, Va., and one sister, Miss Sue Bailey, of West Chester, Penn.

   Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon at 4:00 
o'clock with the Rev. A.W. Roten, pastor of the Courtland Methodist Church, 
of which Mr. Bailey was a member assisted by Ven. Norman E. Taylor of Norfolk, 
archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, officiating.  There 
was a large attendance and many floral offerings.

   The casket was covered with a double spray of white lilies, white 
carnations, Baby's Breath and ferns.  During the service, the members of the 
Men's Bible Class of Courtland M.E. Church, sang "The Old Rugged Cross."  The 
Rev. Mr. Taylor read Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar," at the grave.  Burial was 
in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   Active pallbearers were: Dr. E.F. Reese, Dr. G.H. Quillen, O.L. Burkette, 
of Franklin, Sidney Vick, O.H. Poates, F.N. Barker, R.G. Edwards and D.C. 
Magette.  Friends of the family acted as honorary pallbearers.


Cadmus Lawson BAILEY, newspaper distributor, 
Sussex Co. native, d. 11 Jun 1938, at home, Courtland, age 40, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 17*), Courtland, 
   12 Jun 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 17, 1938, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father, Luther McClure BAILEY, is buried unmarked in a BAILEY family 
   cemetery, in Littleton. (Find-A-Grave.com Memorial #33945485) 


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