Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Charles R., 1954 

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CHARLES RUFUS BAILEY 

  WAKEFIELD - SEPT. 2 - Charles R. Bailey, 77, a retired farmer and lifelong 
resident of Surry County, died Thursday at a Suffolk hospital.  He is survived 
by three sons. Cordie V., Roger J. and Jack Bailey, of Wakefield; eight 
daughters, Mrs. O.P. Higgins, Jr., and Mrs. Herbert Drewry, of Waverly; Mrs. 
Bernard Barrett, of Wakefield; Mrs. Herman Roach, of Homeville, Sussex County; 
Mrs. Lewis Reynolds, of Richmond; Mrs. Henry Spratley, of Surry; Mrs. Raymond 
Rountree, of Smithfield and Mrs. Garland Harvell, of Bellevue, Neb., and 22 
grandchildren.  A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the 
residence, with burial in Rocky Hock Methodist Church cemetery. 

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CHARLES RUFUS BAILEY 

CHARLES BAILEY DIED TODAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS 

  Funeral services for Mr. Charles R. Bailey, age 77, who died at a Suffolk 
Hospital, Thursday morning, after a brief illness, will be held on Friday, 
September 3 at 2:30 in the home.  Burial will be in the Rocky Hock Cemetery. 
These services will be conducted by the Rev. L.P. Bland. 

  Mr. Bailey was a well-known, retired farmer of the Surry area.  He was the 
husband of the late Annie H. Bailey, who preceded him in death five months 
ago. 

  Mr. Bailey is survived by three sons, Cordie V. Bailey, Roger J. Bailey, 
and Jack Bailey, all of the Wakefield community.  He is also survived by eight 
daughters; Mrs. Herbert Drewry and Mrs. O.P. Higgins, Jr., both of Waverly; 
Mrs. Bernard Barrett, of Wakefield; Mrs. Herman Roach of Homeville; Mrs. Lewis 
Reynolds, of Richmond; Mrs. Henry Spratley, of Surry; Mrs. Raymond Rountree of 
Smithfield and Mrs. Garland Harvell, of Bellevue, Nebraska.  There are 22 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  Active pallbearers will be John, Leslie, and Garland Goodrich, Paul Rogers, 
Charlie Murphy, Bernard Bailey, Benjamin, Herman, Burrell and Enos Hargrave. 

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IN HONOR OF: IN MEMORY OF CHARLIE AND ANNIE HARGRAVE BAILEY 
             NAMED ON THE SECOND STAIN GLASS WINDOW OF ROCKY HOCK CHURCH 

  Charlie Bailey was born at the Mill House located next to the gristmill at 
the Mill Bridge in the Rocky Hock Community.  In his youth he moved to a 
house at the site where Viola Lowe now lives.  This house was later moved to 
Williamsburg and restored.  He married Ann Hargrave, moved to Oak Shade Farm, 
home of Paul Rogers, Jr. today, and began his lifelong farming career.  He 
inherited the farmland from his father Joseph Bailey.  He and Annie had 16 
children, which included three sets of twins, lived to adulthood.  The other 
five died in their youth.  The eleven surviving children were Wilber "Jack" 
and Wilma (twins), Edith and Ethel (twins), Roger J. ("R.J."), Buck, Amy, 
Inez, Dorothy, Gladys, and Annie Leigh.  All of the girls except Amy attended 
and graduated college at what is today's Longwood University.  Annie Hargrave 
Bailey was the great-granddaughter of Dr. Matthew Harris, who is recognized as 
growing the first commercial peanuts in the U.S.  They were married for over 
fifty years.  Both were born in 1876 and both died in 1954, the year Rocky 
Hock Church was remodeled.  They are buried in Rocky Hock Cemetery, and are 
the grandparents of Charles Bailey and Camille Bailey Donaldson. 

  Thanks to Charles for the photography and to Camille for much of this 
information. 


"Charlie" Charles Rufus BAILEY, retired farmer, 
b. 7 Dec 1876*, Surry Co., d. 2 Sep 1954, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 61*), Surry Co., 
   10 Dec 1960, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 3, 1954, p. 33; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
Rocky Hock Church memorial 

**Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His parents, Joseph Hart & Dorthula Ann (HART) BAILEY, are buried in Plot 34. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20623512. 

*D.Cert. 20582 (Chuckatuck #162) gives b. 7 Jul 1877, and gives his mother 
   as Dorothy Lou.  His WW-I draft registration gives 7 Dec 1876. 

His wife's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 7, 1954, p. 13) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400a17o.txt 

His mother's (donated, 1912) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400d6ob.txt 

His parents' Rocky Hock Church memorial is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400j26o.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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