Lee Bailey, Jr.

LEE BAILEY, JR. Lee Bailey, Jr., 51, of Pine Mountain, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Rogersville, Alabama. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 3, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home. The Reverend Steve Johnson will officiate and interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville. Born November 4, 1957, in Evergreen, Alabama, Mr. Bailey had lived in Troup county most of his life. He was a 1996 graduate of LaGrange College, was a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Long Cane Middle School, and was a member of the Baptist church having served as a deacon at Springhill Baptist Church. Mr. Bailey raised and trained beagles, was a member of the West Georgia Kennel Club, and had won numerous awards at field trial events across the southeast. Survivors include his wife, Cindy Bailey of Pine Mountain; son and daughter in-law, Wil and Crystal Bailey of LaGrange; grandchildren, Avery Lee Bailey, W. J. Bailey, Lillie Bailey, Emma Bailey, and Abby Bailey; his parents, Bill and Jeanette Bailey of LaGrange; sisters, Annette and Randy Thompson of LaGrange and Christine and Eddie Rudd of Dudley; and his mother in-law and father in-law, Wylene and William Herndon of LaGrange. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Celia Elaine Bailey Knight. The Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: from 6 until 8 Monday night, February 2nd, at Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Services: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 3rd, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home Interment: Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Hogansville