Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Monday, October 31, 1955

BAILEY, MRS. VALLIE

Died at 7 p.m. Sunday at Baton Rouge General Hospital at the age of 73. She was a resident of the Hooper Rd., and a member of the Zoar Baptist Church. The Welsh Funeral Home of Baton Rouge is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

Survived by her husband, William Bailey Sr., three sons, William Bailey Jr., Ma[u]rice Bailey, both of Baton Rouge, and Edwin Lee Bailey of Galveston, Tex.; three daughters, Miss Ellamean Bailey, Miss Ettie Mae Bailey and Mrs. Vallie R[h]ee Blair, all of Baton Rouge; one sister, Mrs. C. G. Jones of New Orleans; one brother, K. R. Lee of Bogalusa, and five grandchildren.