Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameBAILEY, Dewitt Talmadge Sr.
Birth Date4 Jun 1909
Birth PlaceUnion County, Mississippi
Death Date22 Feb 2004 Age: 94
Death PlaceNew Albany, Union County, Mississippi
OccupationPipe-fitter
FatherBAILEY, James Andrew (1872-1950)
MotherOWEN, Adeline Theresa (1876-1959)
Misc. Notes
Dewitt Talmadge Bailey, 94, died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County. He was born June 4, 1909, in Union County to the late James A. Bailey and Addie Owen Bailey.

He was a retired pipe-fitter, working for Alyeska on the Alaskan pipe line. He was a member of Fredonia Baptist Church.

Survivors include his former wife and caregiver, Lucille Canerdy Rorie; a son, James W. Bailey and wife, Marie, of Anchorage, Alaska; three stepsons, Mike Freed of Kansas, and Galen Freed and Gene Freed, both of Washington; three grandchildren, Cristian Tafs and Philip Weedner, both of Anchorage, Alaska, and Edward R. Bailey of Gainesville, Fla.; one great-grandchild, Olivia Tafs of Anchorage, Alaska.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Dewitt Talmadge Bailey Jr.

Pallbearers will be Leo Rorie, Bob Bailey, Brown Bell, Mike Bell, Rudy Dowdy and Bill Bailey.
Last Modified 5 Dec 2025Created 17 Dec 2025 by Robert Avent