Elmer Howard Bailey, the son of Howard William Bailey and Velma Lucille (Boyd) Bailey, was born May 31, 1941, in Hartshorn, Mo. God called Elmer to his heavenly home early Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, 2015, making his age 74 years, 7 months and 12 days.
Elmer was united in marriage to Edith (Fieker) on Dec. 1 1962, making their union together 52 years. Elmer and Edith were blessed with four children, Anthony, Richard, Marci and Michelle.
Elmer attended Eunice Baptist church regularly. He enjoyed hunting and cutting wood. He thoroughly enjoyed going to auctions, and oh what a collection of hats and hammers he had collected! He was a farmer at heart; he cared for the land and his cattle.
What Elmer loved most was visiting and being with his family. One of the special highlights of Elmer’s life was that he enjoyed a special two-week elk hunting trip with Lee and Cody Mosley in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Elmer was a lifetime member of the NRA and so enjoyed the hunting seasons. He was member of teamsters local #245 for 32 years, where he worked for Mid-Am Transport in the Cannery Division.
Elmer was preceded in death by his father, Howard Bailey; sister, Ruthene Brown; brother, Larry Bailey; son-in-law, Lee Ennis, his father and mother-in-law, James and Elizabeth Fieker; and brother-in-law, Charles Fieker.
Those left to mourn his passing are his wife, Edith; his mother, Velma Bailey; his sons, Tony and wife, Barb, Richard and wife, Lauri; his daughters, Marci Mosley and Michelle Ennis; eight grandchildren, Cody Mosley and wife, Kayla, Summer and David Hannah, Tori Bailey, Aaron Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Marissa Bailey, Dalton and Hannah Ennis; two great-grandchildren, Kimber Mosley and Morgan Mosley; one brother, Denver Bailey; six sisters, Vivian Yandell, Lorene Vandivort and husband, Dean, Arlene Su and husband, Kien, Marlene Gray, Jean Bailey,
Virginia Wilbanks and husband, Gary; three sisters and five brothers-in-law, Evelyn Hicks and husband, Gary, Sharon Cummins and husband, Roger, Betty Rhodes, Jake Fieker, John
Fieker and wife, Karen, Ron Fieker and wife, Sheila, Jack Fieker and wife, Loetta, Jerry Fieker and wife, Darla; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbors and friends.
Funeral services were 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at Bradford Funeral Home with the Rev. Gordon Rhodes officiating. Burial was in Union Chapel Cemetery under the care of Bradford Funeral Home of Summersville.
Online condolences maybe left at bradfordfuneralhome.net.
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