Posted on: Adair Co. Ky Obits Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ky/AdairObits/10106 Surname: Bailey ------------------------- KITTIE ANN BAILEY OBITUARY COLUMBIA TIMES, FEBRUARY 2, 1940 Mrs. Kittie Ann Bailey Died Sunday Almost 99 years of Age and Widow of the Late Arch Bailey Mrs. Kittie Ann Bailey, 98, widow of the late Mr. Arch Bailey, Union soldier in the War Between the States, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Combest about eight miles from Columbia Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, following an illness of about two weeks. Mrs. Bailey, who was possibly the oldest person in Adair County would have reached her 99th birthday had she lived until the 7th day of next April. Until a few weeks before her death she was in a good state of health and very active for one of her age. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Will Collins, and had been a member of the White Oak Baptist church for a long number of years. She was a very fine Christian character and had the admiration of all who knew her. Mrs. Bailey is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Combest and Mrs. W. N. Holt, and three sons, Messrs. Charlie, J.E., and Luther Bailey, all of this county. She is survived by a number of grandchildren, a few great grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Combest Tuesday morning at 10:00 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H.J. Conover, and interment was in the Bailey Cemetery. (died January 28, 1940)