Southampton-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Myrtie L. Clark, 2004 

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Myrtie Munford Bailey 

  IVOR - Myrtie Clark Munford Bailey, 91, of Ivor died on Friday, Feb. 20, 
2004.  She had been a resident of Ivor for more than 60 years.  She was a 
member of Ivor Baptist Church, where she once held a perfect attendance record 
for 16 consecutive years.  She also held four certificates for each complete 
reading of the Bible and served as treasurer of the adult Bible class for 20 
years. 

  She was the daughter of the late James William Clark and Annie Holloway 
Clark. 

  She was predeceased by her first husband, John E. Munford; her second 
husband, Branch A. Bailey; a daughter, Barbara Munford Nelms; four brothers, 
James, Henry, Sam and Leroy Clark; and four sisters, Virgie Clark Gwaltney, 
Lula Clark Pittman, Bessie Clark Oliver and Edith Clark McPherson. 

  She is survived by three daughters, Rebecca Munford Crumpler Biron of 
Smithfield, Janey Munford Wiltermood of Courtland and Joan Bailey Cook of 
Ivor; a son, Ashby L. Bailey of Zuni; and nine grandchildren and 10 great-
grandchildren. 

  A funeral service was held at Purviance Funeral Home Chapel in Wakefield, 
officiated by the Rev. Irvin Acree and the Rev. Steve Gupton.  Burial was 
in Ivor Cemetery. 

  Memorial donations can be made to the Ivor Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 
228, Ivor, VA 23866 or Ivor Baptist Church, P.O. Box 310, Ivor, VA 23866. 


Myrtie Lee (CLARK MUNFORD; Mrs. Branch Ashby) BAILEY, 
b. 29 Oct 1912, Ivor, d. 20 Feb 2004, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 85, No. 8, Wed., Feb. 25, 2004, p. 6 

An obit also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Sun., Feb. 22, 2004. 

*Additional information: 

Her parents are also buried there.  Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103880353. 

Her second husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 22, 1987, p. 6A) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400b7ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 20, 1944, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c462j2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 17, 1963, Sect. I, p. 5), 
   with an abstract of their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c462a1ob.txt 

Her first husband (1909 - 1940) is buried with his parents in Wakefield 
   Cemetery.  Wakefield list, an extension of SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 18, 1940, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/m516j4ob.txt 


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