Obituary for John Bailey
John Daniel Bailey the son of Emmit Bailey and Thelma Verser Bailey was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas on December 14, 1942 and passed away at his home in Drasco, Arkansas on August 23, 2021 at the age of 78 years.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired from the Corps of Engineers in Heber Springs.
He was preceded in death by his parents Emmit and Thelma Bailey and a brother Dick Bailey. Survivors are his wife Linda F. Clark Bailey, two daughters Melanie Harlan and husband Steve and Amy Bell and husband Chris, brother Wayne Bailey and sister Becky Bailey, daughters Tina Mitchell, Tamara Watson, Talitha Stephens and son Charles Gage. He is also survived by three grandchildren Raven Slane and husband Josh, Gus Bell and Ranton Harlan a great grandson Grady Slane, and a slew of 11 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
To know him was to love him... or not. There was no in between. He played hard, worked harder, and loved deeply. If he loved you, you knew it. Not because he told you, but because he showed you. What a blessing it was to live in a world with Dan Bailey in it. Oh, what we would all give to hear one more story or for one more rough hug, but I know that he lived his happiest and fullest life. He will be greatly missed, but even more greatly remembered.
A memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at JFK Park Pavilion near the fish hatchery.
He was a veteran of the United States Navy and retired from the Corps of Engineers in Heber Springs.
He was preceded in death by his parents Emmit and Thelma Bailey and a brother Dick Bailey. Survivors are his wife Linda F. Clark Bailey, two daughters Melanie Harlan and husband Steve and Amy Bell and husband Chris, brother Wayne Bailey and sister Becky Bailey, daughters Tina Mitchell, Tamara Watson, Talitha Stephens and son Charles Gage. He is also survived by three grandchildren Raven Slane and husband Josh, Gus Bell and Ranton Harlan a great grandson Grady Slane, and a slew of 11 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
To know him was to love him... or not. There was no in between. He played hard, worked harder, and loved deeply. If he loved you, you knew it. Not because he told you, but because he showed you. What a blessing it was to live in a world with Dan Bailey in it. Oh, what we would all give to hear one more story or for one more rough hug, but I know that he lived his happiest and fullest life. He will be greatly missed, but even more greatly remembered.
A memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at JFK Park Pavilion near the fish hatchery.