Mildred Bailey

MAUMEE, OH - Mildred C. Bailey, age 71, of Maumee, Ohio, left the company of her devoted family to return home to our Heavenly Father on Saturday evening, November 27, 2010. Milly was born in Eckman, West Virginia on September 13, 1939, the daughter of the late Garfield R. and the late Bonanza A. (Lilly) Mitchem. On December 24, 1955, she married Donald Bailey, and he preceded her in death in 1998. Prior to her retirement, Milly had worked at Johns-Manville in Waterville, Ohio for 25 years. Milly was a devoted Christian who dearly loved her family. She and Don together enjoyed camping, hunting, and being in the great outdoors. Surviving is one son, Dale (Jacki) Bailey of Weston, Ohio; one daughter, Louise (Mark) Szozda of Maumee, Ohio; four grandchildren, Justin Bailey, Matthew Szozda, Linzi (Andrew) Packard, and Elizabeth Szozda; one great-granddaughter, Morgan Szozda; two brothers, Albert (Leora) Mitchem of Proctorville, Ohio, James (Bobbie) Mitchem of Lebanon, Virginia; four sisters, Wanda Reynolds of Haddock, Georgia, Virginia Smith of Indian Trail, North Carolina, Hilda (Robert) Bailey of Princeton, West Virginia, Norma (Billy) Jackson of Kathleen, Georgia; three sisters-in-law, Lucy Mitchem of Gray, Tennessee, Shirley Mitchem of Swanton, Ohio, Ann Mitchem of Chesapeake, West Virginia, one brother-in-law, Frank Bailey of Toledo, Ohio, and numerous loving nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by both parents, three brothers, George, Bill and Clarence Mitchem; four brothers-in-law, Walter Reynolds, Travis Lafferty, Eugene Smith and Louis Bailey, and five sisters-in-law, Fern Mitchem, Nellie Bailey, Eleanor Jarrell, Irene Bailey and Betty Brown. Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Princeton Church of God, in Princeton, West Virginia where funeral services will follow at 12:00 P.M. with the Rev. Stella Falvo officiating. Interment will be in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Bluewell, West Virginia. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to your local Hospice. Online condolences may be offered to the family at: www.griserfh.com. Local arrangements by Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton.

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Mildred Bailey

November 27, 2010