Rev. Charles E. Bailey Sr.

Rev. Charles E. Bailey Sr., 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022.  

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, at Elm Grove Baptist Church, Marlin.   Viewing will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Paul Funeral Home Chapel.  Masks and social distancing will be required.

Rev. Bailey was born to parents Ruby M. Hopwood and James H. Bailey.  He accepted Christ at an early age at Providence Missionary Baptist Church.  Rev. Bailey attended Booker T. Washington schools and was a member of the Class of 1957.  

After graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy.  After returning home he met and married Era Mae Stanley and to this union five children were born.  Rev. Bailey later joined the Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where he became a deacon and later an ordained minister.   

In 1993 he accepted the assignment God laid out, to become the Pastor of Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as overseer and shepherd for 29 years.   

In 1995, Rev. Bailey married Lola Faye Smith and gained her two adult children.  Rev. Bailey was a faithful member of Elm Grove Missionary Baptist Church and upon request would help Church of the Living God, Bethany Baptist Church and Rising Star Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his only brother, James; his first wife, Era Mae and second wife, Lola Faye; three sons, Dexter Dawson, Charles Jr., and Vencent; a daughter, Evette Smith; and grandson, LaCharles Edmond.

He leaves to cherish his memory four sons, Horreese, Danyell (Cynthia), Christopher (Angela) and Victor (Nicole); one daughter, Lena Rena; 27 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Also a very special daughter, Todnechia Mitchell, and a special god-granddaughter, Hayden Chanel Maxwell, and a host of Hopwood’s, Bailey’s and other relatives and friends that loved him dearly.

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