1948 ...........................1956

(Photographs are from 1940 and 1956 Coal Mining Pages.

Elmer “Buster” Bailey:

BIRTH : 14 Nov 1905, Mercer County, West Virginia
DEATH : 25 Mar 1972 (aged 66), Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
BURIAL :
, PrincetonMercer CountyWest Virginia

Elmer "Buster" Bailey was born in  Mercer, West Virginia, United States on 14 Nov 1905 to Alexander L. "Alex" Bailey and Lucinda Taylor. He passed away on 25 Mar 1972 in Elkhart, Indiana.

Elmer "Buster"Bailey married Edna Duncan and had 5 children. He later married Mildred Lee Brown Bailey who still resided in Elkhart, Indiana as of 2020. They had two sons; Marshall Bailey and Darrell Ray Bailey . Darrell was a BHS 1969 graduate and served in the Vietnam War.  Mildred Bailey died on Aug. 28, 2021 in Elkhart, Indaina.    She would have turned 100 years old on October 25, 2021.

Mildred Lee Brown Bailey.

Mildred Lee Brown Bailey, 99, of Elkhart, Indiana, passed away on Aug. 28, 2021. Mildred was born on Oct. 25, 1921, in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of the late Mary Cook Hughes, and the late Thomas H. Hughes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Buster Bailey of Goodwill, West Virginia. Mildred was the devoted mother of two sons, four daughters and three stepchildren. Stepchildren Dickie Bailey, Carol Sue Lessor and Bobby Bailey, and daughters Shelia Riggs Dillon and Janice Riggs Hume, and Darrell Bailey all preceded Mildred in death. Surviving children are Marshall (Jean) Bailey of Elkhart, Debra (Greg) Murphy of Tallahassee, Florida, and Elizabeth (Rick) Lyndon of Zionsville, Indiana. Mildred was the grandmother of 16 much loved grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Mildred lived in Goodwill and Bramwell, West Virginia, until 1969 when she and Buster relocated to Elkhart. She was a long time employee of Accra Pac in Elkhart. Mildred's last generous act was donating her body to Indiana University for medical research. The family was looking forward to celebrating Mildred's 100th birthday in October but it was not to be. Instead the family will be celebrating her life at a memorial service on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. at the Bramwell Presbyterian Church in Bramwell, West Virginia, with Harold Goins officiating.

Elmer Buter Bailey 11/14/1905 - 3/25/1972, died in Elkhart Indiana.
First wife was Edna Duncan: Son, Leotis Elwood (Dickie) 5/14/1927 - 5/18/2009 - married to Norma Claudine; 3 children Ronald Lee, who died 08/5/2003, Larry and Sheila.
Son, Bobby Eugene 8/12/1930 - 10/31/2001 ex-wife Janet, was a relative of Betty Bailey.  2 children, Jennifer Willis, deceased and Anthony L, deceased.
Daughter, Betty Joe Bailey,  died at a young age, buried in Bailey cemetery in Sinai Mountain Biley Cemetery.
Daughter , Carol Sue Leesor,  5/13/1934 - 5/13/2000. 2 children Rory and Randy.

Second wife was Mildred Brown Riggs, 10/25/1921 - 8/28/2021 They had 4 children together Debbie, Diane, Marshall and Darrell who died in 2017. 
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Elmer Buster Bailey Family Members:

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY - FIND-A-GRAVE

 


Not listed above: Marshall Bailey, Elkhart, Indiana

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY'S SON - DARRELL RAY BAILEY

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY'S SON - BOBBY BAILEY

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY'S SON - LEOTIS ELWOOD "DICK" BAILEY

CAROL SUE BAILEY LESSOR

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY'S STEPDAUGHTER - JANICE RIGGS HUME

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY - GOODWILL MINING CREW IN 1940

ELMER "BUSTER" BAILEY'S FATHER - ALEX BAILEY

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