Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Cpl. Spurgeon W., 1949 

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CPL. SPURGEON W. BAILEY 

   Reburial services for Cpl. Spurgeon W. Bailey, 27, who was killed in 
Sicily in November, 1945, while serving with an engineering unit of the 
U.S. Army, were held at the grave in Newsoms Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon 
at three o’clock. Rev. R.L. Chadwick, pastor of the Newsoms Baptist Church, 
officiated.

   Pallbearers were Robert Bailey, C.C. Bailey, Robert Holland, J.D. Bailey, 
Andrew Drake and R.E. Drake.

   Corporal Bailey’s remains arrived in Franklin last Friday and were taken 
to the Holland Funeral Home.

   The deceased was the son of Clifton T. Bailey and the late Nannie Sue Drake 
Bailey of this county.  He was a member of the Buckhorn Baptist Church, near 
Como, N.C.  In addition to his father, he is survived by a brother, Allen 
Bailey of Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Spurgeon Beale and Mrs. Merritt Jordan, 
both of Franklin; and a number of nieces and nephews.


CPL Spurgeon W. BAILEY, WW-II veteran, Army engineer, 
Southampton Co. native, killed 9 Nov 1945, Sicily, age 27, 
re-interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 12 Jul 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 15, 1949, p. 1 

*His parents are also buried there - his father unmarked. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-1&2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 9, 1954, II-2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400c2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News" Mar. 28, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400n1ob.txt 


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