Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Safronia W. Whitley, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SAFRONIA WILLIAM WHITLEY WHITLEY BAILEY On August 22, 1923, Mrs. Safronia William Bailey, finished the work which God gave her to do, and was called home to receive her reward. She had been a great sufferer for many years and no doubt, death was a great relief to her. She had lived to reach the age of 76 years and was loved and esteemed by everyone who came in contact with her. She was a good woman, a faithful wife, a devoted mother, a kind and loving sister and a true friend. In the home-going of such a choice spirit all present felt that her gain was our loss. I do not feel that any words of mine can do justice to such a bright light. Everyone saw that light and knew her good works. She is survived by two sons, F.C. Whitley of Handsom, and J.R. Bailey of Florence, S.C.; two brothers, J.R. Whitley of Rocky Mount, N.C., and R.W. Whitley of Como, N.C., and two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wall of Suffolk and Miss Ina Whitley of Como, N.C. The body was brought to the family burying ground on the farm of J.T. Bryant and laid to rest by the side of her husband, the late E.E. Bailey, who preceded her to the Great Beyond by many years. Her funeral services were conducted by her Pastor, Rev. H.J. Paylor, assisted by Rev. N.B. Foushee and Rev. B.F. Raymond. The active pallbearers were J.T. Bryant, J.W. Bryant, E.J. Railey, Gordon Brett, A.J. Bryant and Walter Brett; honorary, V.K. Daughtrey, Marvin Railey, E.R. Drake, L.L. Bryant, Hugh Barrett, J.C. Brett, Dr. S.J. Railey and E.L. Fiers. It is useless to say that she will be greatly missed in her community where she was loved by everyone. To her mourning children and her devoted brothers and sisters we would but remind them of Christ’s words as found in the 14th chapter of St. John’s Gospel, which give to us light in the time of darkness, hope in the presence of despair, life in the face of death and happiness in the hour of sorrow. Safronia [Saphronia] William (WHITLEY WHITLEY; Mrs. E.E.) BAILEY, Southampton Co. native*, d. 22 Aug 1923, age 76*, interred in the family cemetery**, Jas.Thos. Bryant farm, Winborne Rd., "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), August 31, 1923, p. 6 **Location not known (Jun 2020) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. *Additional information: No contemporary D.Cert. found. Her son Frank Calvin WHITLEY is buried in Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-16): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt Widowed, "Sephronia," 30, b. NC, & Frank, 2, b. VA, appear in the 1880 Census in Newsoms Dist., Southampton Co. Safronia/Saphronia [spelled both ways], 37, dt/o Richard & Angeline Whitley, 2m. widower E.E. Bailey, 46, sn/o E. & Cherry, 5 Apr 1885, at Benj: Bryant's in So.Co. (Southampton Co. MB5:438) Enus E. Bailey, b. May 1839 NC, & wife Safronia, b. Oct 1847 NC, & their 3 children appear in the 1900 Census in Newsoms Dist., Southampton Co., on Rented Farm #106, adj. Davis N. Bryant, OFF #105. Enoch Bailey, age 70, b. NC, & wife Bunch, 62, b. NC, m. 25 yrs, 2 of 5 ch surviving, appear in the 1910 Census in Newsoms Dist., Southampton Co., on Winborne Rd., in a Rented Home, between her son Frank Whitley, on Rented Farm #137, and widow Sarah E. Bryant, on Owned Free Farm #138. Their son "Joe" Joseph Robert BAILEY is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence, SC. His SC D.Cert. (56-003058) gives b. 9 Nov 1887, Franklin, sn/o Easton & Tafrona (Britt) Bailey. Eson E. Bailey, 23, b. & res. NC, sn/o Elkanah & Charity, 1m. Susan A. Daughtrey, 20, b. & res. So.Co., dt/o William, 25 Feb 1864. (Southampton Co. MB1A:47) Their son Henry Lee BAILEY is buried in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. His VA D.Cert. (1953-7801 {Norfolk Co., W.Br. 317}) gives b. 16 Oct 1874, So.Co., sn/o Enoch Eason & Susan Frances (Daughtry) Bailey. Nathaniel Davis & Eva Sarah (WOODWARD) BRYANT & others are marked on a single stone in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 2, Plot 75. Davis's bro James Thomas "Tom" BRYANT and his & Davis' parents, Benjamin James & Mary Ann (JONES) BRYANT, are also buried there. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list (PS2-75): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Tom BRYANT owned a farm on Sunbeam Rd. Eva (1856-1934) was actually buried in a BRYANT family cemetery, near Sunbeam. Her obit ("Tidewater News," is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653e2ob.txt 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/b400s3ob.txt