Bailey, Ella Florence
Ella Florence Bailey, 86, of Sinking Creek Road, near Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, April 2, 2008, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke after a long illness.
Born in Giles County on May 24, 1921, she was a daughter of the late William and Betty Martin Sarver. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Bailey.
She leaves to cherish her memory two sons, Teddy and wife, Linda K. Bailey, of Pembroke, and James Bailey and fiance, Debbie Williams, of Hoges Chapel; seven daughters and sons-in-law, Ruby Carol Bailey, of Shawsville, Juanita Marie Cumbee, of Pembroke, Linda and Clinton Collins, of Newport, Patty and Elmer Collins, of Pembroke, Carolyn Ruth Bailey, of Pembroke, Edna Virginia and Henderson Price, of Newport, and Sandy Gail Bailey and fiance, Jack Rowe, of Blacksburg; 22 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2008, in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke with burial following in Clover Hollow Cemetery at Newport. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening, April 4, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kendallfuneralhome.com.