Sussex-Charlotte County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Marguerite S. Stephenson, 1984 

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MARGUERITE SHELTON STEPHENSON BAILEY 

  KEYSVILLE, VA. - Mrs. Marguerite Shelton Stephenson Bailey, 79, died Tuesday 
in Johnston Willis Hospital, Richmond.

  Born in Sussex County, she was a member of Keysville United Methodist Church.

  She was a 1927 graduate of Randolph Macon Women's College and was a former 
Sussex County public school teacher.

  A former Red Cross volunteer, she was an executive secretary for the 
Virginia Tuberculosis Association for more than 20 years.  In 1972, the 
Virginia Rehabilitation Association gave her an award for extraordinary service.

  She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters 
of American Revolution.

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Rhita Lewis Bailey McNair of Houston; two 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Keysville United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. John Coffey and the Rev. Kim Hull.

  A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will receive friends at the Montrose Farm in Sussex County after 
the burial.

  The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to Keysville Rescue Squad or the Patrick Henry Boy’s Home in 
Charlotte County.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield is in charge.

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MARGUERITE SHELTON STEPHENSON BAILEY 

  Marguerite Shelton Stephenson Bailey, 79, of Keysville, died Tuesday, 
December 4, 1984 at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond.  Born March 16, 
1905 in Sussex Co., Va., she was the daughter of Robert H. Stephenson Sr. and 
Maggie Shelton Stephenson. She graduated in 1927 from Randolph Macon Women's 
College and taught school in Sussex Co. prior to her marriage June 23, 1928 
to James Reginald Bailey M.D. of Keysville.  She was actively involved in many 
service organizations (e.g. The Red Cross) prior to the death of her husband 
in 1944.  For more than 20 years, she served as executive secretary of the Va. 
Tuberculosis Assoc., Richmond. In  1972, she was honored by the Va. 
Rehabilitation Assoc. for her many years of extraordinary service to that 
organization.  In 1973, she returned to Keysville where she was actively 
involved in community service, the Keysville United Methodist Church and the 
Senior Citizens' Organization until the time of her death.  She was a member 
of both the U.D.C. and the D.A.R.  Survivors include one daughter, Rhita Lewis 
Bailey McNair: a son-in-law, Thomas P. McNair; two grandchildren, Daniel S. 
McNair and Maggie M. Huggins; two great grandsons, Micah and Shane Huggins, 
all of Houston, TX; a large and devoted family; and a host of friends.  A 
memorial service will be held at the Keysville United Methodist Church 10:30 
a.m. Friday, December 7, 1984 by Rev. John Coffey and Rev. Kim Hull. 
Interment will be in the Wakefield Cemetery in Sussex Co. following a 
graveside service at 3 p.m. also on Friday.  In lieu of flowers, the family 
requests donations to the Keysville Fescue Squad or the Patrick Henry Boys' 
Home in Charlotte Co.  The family will receive friends at Keysville residence 
on Thursday and at Montrose in Sussex Co. Friday after the burial.  Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge of arrangements.


Marguerite Shelton (STEPHENSON; Mrs. J. Reginald) BAILEY, 
b. 16 Mar 1905, Sussex Co., d. 4 Dec 1984, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 7 Dec 1984, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 5, 1984, p. 45; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Dec. 5, 1984, p. B-2 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Sep. 17, 1944, p. 44) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b400r19o.txt 

Her parents, Robert Henry Sr. & Maggie (SHELTON) STEPHENSON, 
   are buried in a STEPHENSON family cemetery, Littleton, Sussex Co. 


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