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Mattie Lee Bailey - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Stuart, FL TCPalm January 31, 2013

Mattie Lee Bailey, 79, died Jan. 19, 2013, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Tallulah, La., 
and lived in Fort Pierce for 49 years, coming from Louisiana. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mark 
Missionary Baptist Church. 

Survivors include her husband, Thomas Bailey of Fort Pierce; daughters, Everline Grant, Jerlean Spanks and Bernice Williams, 
all of Fort Pierce, Florrie Cato of South Carolina and Betty Simpson of Brunswick, Ga.; brothers, Tom Mays of Baton, Ohio, 
Hosea Mays of Eldorado, Ark., Johnny Mays of Shreveport, La., and Solomon Mays of Washington, D.C.; sisters, Gertrude Mays 
and Laurel Fargaar, both of Shreveport, and Louise Jenkins of Orlando; 24 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; and eight 
great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Abel Watkins; daughters, Shirley Pittman and Mary Watkins; 
brother, Lonnie Mays; and sister, Sarah Mays. 

Services: Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 1 and 9 to 10 a.m. Feb. 2 at Sarah's Memorial Chapel. A home-going service 
will be at 11 a.m., Feb. 2 at Greater New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. A burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. A guestbook 
is available at www.sarahsmemorial.com.