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Submitted: 10/3/21 • Approved: 10/3/21 • Last Updated: 10/6/21 • R460860-G460859-S3
July 15, 1880-July 16, 1952
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mrs. Florence Helen Bailey, wife of J.L. Bailey, passed away in Wheeler at 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, July 16, 1952, at the age of 72 years and 1 day. She was born in Cook County July 15, 1880.
She was married at Dye Mound on December 8, 1898 and lived at Forestburg until coming to Wheeler in 1920. In 1910 she joined the Baptist Church at Dye Mound and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wheeler at the time of her passing.
Services are scheduled to be held at the First Baptist Church in Wheeler at 3:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, with the pastor, Rev. M. B. Smith, and A.C. Wood officiating.
Survivors include her husband, J.L. Bailey, and children, Roy, Cecil and Pat, Wheeler; Mrs. Percy Farmer, Wheeler; Mrs. Doris Baumgardner, Fort Stocton; Jack Bailey, Forestburg; Mrs. Joyce Taylor, Galveston; Mrs. Imogene Sanders, Pampa. Thirteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Lillian Helton, preceded her in death.
Pallbearers chosen were: Levi Reid, Dick Guynes, Gordon Whitener, Aaron Williams, Marl Jaco, and Harry Wofford.
Kirk-Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the services.
Interment will be in the Wheeler Cemetery.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, July 17, 1952)
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Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Florence Jameson
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1898
Marriage Place: Montague, Texas, United States
Spouse: J. L. Bailey
FHL Film Number: 1024889
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Florence Helen Bailey
Death Date: 16 Jul 1952
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 36345
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Florence Helen Bailey [Mrs Florence Helen Jamison]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1880
Birth Place: Cooke, Texas
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 16 Jul 1952
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: John Jamison
Mother: Melison Honora
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