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William "Terry" Bailey

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William "Terry" Bailey, 73, of Gentry, Arkansas, died February 25, 2019 at Northwest Medical Center, Bentonville, Arkansas. Born October 16, 1945 in Texarkana, Texas, he was the son of Raymond Bailey and Jewel Bailey Reid. Terry married Brenda Douglass on January 29, 1966. He was a correctional officer for the federal prison system and for Benton County jail. Terry was a member of Gentry United Methodist Church and the VFW. He served our country during Vietnam in the Army. He was preceded in death by his mother, step-father Levi B. Reid, father, two sisters, Wanda Holiday and Betty Earhart and one brother, Thomas Bailey. Survivors include his wife, Brenda of the home; sons, David A. Bailey and wife Carla of Gravette, Arkansas and John M. Bailey and wife Johanna of Memphis, Tennessee; five grandchildren, Chris Kelley and wife Brandi, Jeremy Rhodes, William Atticus Bailey, Flannery Mae Bailey and Amos W. Bailey; brothers, Harold Bailey and wife Joyce of Sherwood, Arkansas, Glenn Bailey and wife Erlene of Little Rock, Arkansas and Joe Reid and wife Sandi of Glasgow, Kentucky; brother-in-law Maurice Holliday of Texarkana, Texas and sister-in-law, Linda Smith of Doddridge, Arkansas. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday, March 1, 2019, at Gravette First Baptist Church, Gravette, Arkansas. To sign the online guestbook, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

Published February 27, 2019

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