Dorsey William BAILEY

​Page last updated 12 January 2024.
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Kacie's Photography, 2017
Birth:  22 May 1897 in Mercer County, West Virginia
Death:  June 1981 in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia
Burial:  Roselawn Memorial Gardens cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia
Headstone Text:  DORSEY W. / 1897-1981 // EVELYN L. / 1918-2012 // Together Forever / BAILEY

Parents:  Lee Burnette BAILEY and Nancy B. BAILEY (m. LINKOUS)
Parents' Children: 
  • Eva BAILEY
  • Etta Jane BAILEY
  • Dorsey William BAILEY
  • Bertie BAILEY
  • Arthur BAILEY
  • Myrtle BAILEY
  • Emmett F. BAILEY
  • Jessie C. BAILEY
  • Marshall Burnett BAILEY
 
Spouse #1:  Beulah Josephine HALE (h2. ANDERSON)
Marriage:  1914 (later divorced)
Children: 
  • William B. BAILEY
  • James L. BAILEY
  • Eva D. BAILEY
  • Margaret Ann JONES (m. BAILEY)

Spouse #2:  Evelyn Louvena HARMAN
Marriage:  1944 in Mercer County, West Virginia
Children: 
  • Philip Edward BAILEY
  • Sharon JENKINS (m. BAILEY)
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Dorsey and Evelyn share a headstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: Evelyn’s parents -- John and Virgie; her sister -- Mary; her brother and wife -- James and Treva.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#197119521), FamilySearch website (#K2XJ-5MT​), and family records.
​m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband