Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Mr. Charles Eugene Bailey, 86, of Tillatoba, who died on Friday, Dec. 1, in Charleston. Burial followed in Wayside Cemetery in Scobey. The Rev. Rickey Harris officiated. The family received friends from noon until service time on Monday, Dec. 4, at McKibben and Guinn.
Mr. Bailey was born on Nov. 27, 1937, the son of the late James Walter and the late Florie Smith Bailey. He was a retired farmer and had worked as a heavy equipment operator for Grenada Sand & Gravel as well as the Yalobusha County Road Crew. He was a member of Tillatoba Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and especially enjoyed coon hunting.
In addition to his parents, one son, Charles Michael Bailey; five sisters, Ella Doris Gilley, Juanita Douglas, Mary Alice Little, Christine Mitchell and Jeanette Hannah, and brother, James W. Bailey, preceded Mr. Bailey in death.
Survivors include, his wife of 64 years, Peggy Ann McCain Bailey; daughters, Pam Howell (Terry) of Grenada and Jennifer Ross (Rich) of Oakland; four sons, Jeff Bailey (Margo) of Pope, Steve Bailey (Dyna) of Henderson, Tenn., Ronnie Bailey of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Erik Bailey of Tillatoba; one sister, Christine Mitchell of Crowder; eight grandchildren, Michael Howell (Freda), Stacey Hardy (Jess), Richard Ross III (Meagan), Bailey Ross (Hillary), Annah Bailey, Amelia Byers (Josh), Angela Deveney (Mac) and Stephanie Bailey and 12 great grandchildren.
Josh Byers, Breyton Howell, Michael Howell, Bailey Ross, Rich Ross and Richard Ross honored Mr. Bailey by serving as pallbearers and carried him to rest in Wayside Cemetery.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com
McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada was in charge of arrangements.
