This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ya.2ADI/632.2 Message Board Post: Eastman Newspaper dated March 16, 1944: M L Bailey, 77, resident of Eastman many years ago, died at his home in Valdosta March 13th following a three-months illness. He was a nave of Wilkinson County. He resided in Miami, Fla, 18 years where he was a produce dealer. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church March 14 by Rev R G P McKinnonw. Songs were sung by J W Dunn, H H Peacock and Mr and Mrs J E Conley. Casket bearers were Robert L Pipkin, P D Fordham, Edgar Fordham, J M Hamlin, W J Dunlay and S F Johnson. Burial was in Bowers Cemetery. Surviving are: daughers, Mrs O W Middleton, Mrs E C Griner, Mrs I D Jones, Mrs Walter Jump, Mrs Eloise Tharpe; six sons, M L Bailey, Jr., Gratin Bailey, Alton, Renau, Wendell and Herbert Bailey; one brother E E Baily of Dodge County. Hope that this helps, Bernice