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Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Saturday, February 16, 1946

Final Rites Conducted for Mrs. M.L. Bailey

DeRidder -- Mrs. M.L. Bailey, 70, died at her home here, Thursday at 4:50 a.m. She was a native of Laurel, Miss., and had resided here for 52 years. Funeral services were held at the Hopewell Church Friday at 3 p.m., and burial was at Hopewell cemetery.

Surviving Mrs. Bailey are five daughters, Mrs. Marvin Fleming, Camden, Ark, Mrs. Manuel Green, Crossett, Ark., Mrs. I.W. Roark, Warren, Ark., Mrs. G A Vastine and Mrs. Ivy Green, DeRidder; two sons, Harley Bailey, Camden, Ark, and Reece Bailey, Crossett, Ark., twenty grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, five brothers, and three sisters.

Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Pentecostal church. Nephews of Mrs. Bailey served as pallbearers.