The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 20, 1997           TAG: 9702200035
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

BESSIE D. BAILEY

Bessie Dunbar Bailey, 90, of the 400 block of Patrick St., died Feb. 18, 1997.

She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Order of the Eastern Star, Jacksonville, Fla., and Beasley Senior Citizens Club. She was a native of Portsmouth.

Survivors include her husband, James Melvin Bailey; and several nieces and nephews, including Margaret Parker Kocher of Puerto Rico and Dr. Robert Buchanan of Chesapeake.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Brian Hobden. Loving Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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