Obituary of Mattie Jo Bailey

OBITUARY Funeral services for Mattie Jo Willingham Bailey, age 89, of Woodland, will be held Monday, April 5, 2010, at 2:00 pm from Oak Grove Church of Christ with Bro. Alan Daniel and Bro. Edward Herren officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery with Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3:00 to 8:00 pm on Sunday, April 4th. Mrs. Bailey will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services on Monday. Mrs. Bailey died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at Wedowee Hospital. Survivors include two sons, Terry Bailey and Keith Bailey, both of Woodland; three grandchildren, Kyle Bailey, Kira Bailey and Robin Bailey; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Marvolene Prince of Marietta, Ga., Iona Smith of Woodland and Dorothy Morris of Anniston; and a brother, Jim Tom Willingham of Woodland. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Bailey was born March 21, 1921, daughter of Thomas Orbie and Myrtie Laney Willingham. She was a member of Oak Grove Church of Christ and had retired from LaMar Manufacturing Company. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alvin J. Bailey; one brother, Wayne Willingham; two sisters, Callie Bowen and Myra Willingham.