Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Nancy S. Drake, 1947 

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JAMES THOMAS DRAKE AND NANCY SUE DRAKE BAILEY 

BROTHER AND SISTER DIE ONE DAY APART 

   Mrs. Nancy Sue Drake Bailey, aged 54, wife of Clifton Thomas Bailey of 
Newsoms and sister of James Thomas Drake, died Monday morning, March 24, 
at her home near Newsoms after an illness of several months.

   The daughter of the late Thomas and Mrs. Caroline Burgess Drake, Mrs. 
Bailey was long an active member of Barnes Church.

   She is survived by her husband, Clifton Thomas Bailey; a son, Alton T. 
Bailey; two daughters, Miss Virginia Drake Bailey and Mrs. Spurgeon Beale 
of Franklin; a brother, Rufus Drake of Newsoms; three sisters, Miss Carrie 
Drake and Mrs. Ella Bradshaw of Newsoms and Mrs. Joe Bryant of Lasker, N.C., 
and three grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in the Newsoms cemetery 
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. John W. Morrison.  The 
pallbearers, all nephews of the deceased, were Andrew Drake, R.E. Drake, Jr., 
Harry  Drake, Dave T. Drake, Perry Bryant and Harcum Bailey.


"Nannie" Nancy Sue (DRAKE; Mrs. Clifton T.) BAILEY, 
d. 24 Mar 1947, at home, near Newsoms, age 54, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, 25 Mar 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 28, 1947, p. 4 

*Her brother James is also buried there.  Her husband's grave is unmarked. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-1 & -26): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News" Dec. 9, 1954, Sect. 2, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400c2ob.txt 

James' obit ("Tidewater News" Mar. 28, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620j7ob.txt 

Their parents are buried in a BARNES family cemetery, on Sands Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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