Obituary of Robert Lee Bailey, 1962 - Raleight Co. WV Bailey Funeral Slated Tuesday 24 Mar. 1962 Final rites for Robert Lee Bailey, 69, of 812 N. Oakwood Ave., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Christian Church with Dr. Walter S. Griswold officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Bailey died in a Clearwater, Fla., hospital at 9:10 p.m. Thursday after a long illness. He had been visiting relatives since last November. Born in Raleigh County, May 5, 1892, he was a son of the late Walter and Mary Phipps Bailey. He was a member of the First Christian Church. A former miner, Bailey last worked for Montgomery Ward in Beckley, retiring about 10 years ago. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Beckley Lodge No. 95, the Loyal Order of Moose, Beckley, and was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Bailey; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen Garrison of Bloomington, Ill., Mrs. Florence Murphy of Chula Vista, Calif., Mrs. Willie Sandager, California, and Mrs. Erma Lee Piatt of Miami, Fla.; two stepdaughters, Miss Virginia Coffman and Mrs. Zina Mae Combo, both of Beckley; a stepson, Cam Coffman, Jr., of Dunbar; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Arnold of Mt. Hope and Mrs. Ethel DeHart of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Roscoe of Sprague, Basil and Carl, both of Prosperity, and William of Charleston; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body will arrive at the Calfee Funeral Home at 6:30 p.m. Sunday where friends may call after noon Monday. It will be taken to the church one hour before the services. [Submitter's Note: I don't know which newspaper this obit came from. My copy came from the Smith-Riffe microfilm collection at the Raleigh County Library in Beckley. -MBD] Submitted by Melissa Bailey Duggins **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************