Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, James E., 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JAMES EDWARD BAILEY WAKEFIELD - A funeral for James Bailey, 74, was held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel by the Revs. R.E. Brittle and Jerry Edwards. Burial was in the Wakefield cemetery. Pallbearers were Earl Rollings, Jimmy Baldwin, Jimmy Savedge, Billy Baldwin, Robert Hatch, Phillip Chappell, Aubrey Whitmore, Willie J. Griffin, Marion Raiford and Cecil Epps. Bailey died Thursday in a hospital. A native of Surry County he was the husband of Ethel Edwards Bailey. Other survivors include four daughters, Rachel B. Billups of Zuni, Marie B. Williams of Virginia Beach, Cynthia B. Chappell of Waverly and Juanita Bailey of Petersburg; and seven grandchildren. ****************************************************************************** James E. Bailey WAKEFIELD - James Edward "Brock" Bailey, 74, died Thursday, Sept. 29 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bailey was a member of Wakefield Congregational Christian Church. He was a native of Surry County and was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Edwards Bailey of Wakefield; four daughters, Mrs. Rachel B. Billups of Zuni, Mrs. Marie B. Williams of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Cynthia B. Chappel of Waverly, Miss Juanita Bailey of Petersburg; and seven grandchildren. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Wakefield Hunt Club, the Wakefield Sportsman Club and served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935. A funeral service was held Saturday at Purviance Funeral Chapel. Burial was in Wakefield with the service conducted by Dr. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Jerry Edwards. Memorial donations can be made to the local rescue squads or Wakefield Congregational Christian Church. James Edward "Brock" BAILEY, retired carpenter, b. 21 Sep 1909, Surry Co., d. 29 Sep 1983, Suffolk, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 1 Oct 1983, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 3, 1983, p. 12A; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 64, No. 37, Oct. 5, 1983, p. 6, col. 1-2 *His parents, Edward Brockwell & Sallie H. (BELL) BAILEY, are also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 83-031199. 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/sussex/obits/b400j24o.txt