Individual Details
Billy Ray Bailey Sr.
(25 Nov 1939 - 24 Jul 2022)
Billy Ray Bailey, Sr., 82, of Nacogdoches passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Nacogdoches. He was born November 25, 1939 in Shelby County, Texas to parents Harvey and Odie (Grace) Bailey.
Billy was a graduate of Timpson High School Class of 1959. He had a wide range of careers, starting out as a police officer in Center, Texas, followed by working as a welder. He later worked farming watermelons, then as a trucker, before founding Bailey Bark Materials in 1983 and Pine Valley Raceway in 2004. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, farming, drag racing, and mud bogging. He also liked to socialize and watch Westerns and Fox News.
Mr. Bailey was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Martha Roselene Bailey; brothers, Pete Bailey, Biba Bailey, Millard Bailey, and Jimmy Bailey; and two great-grandsons.
He is survived by his wife, Sharmion Bailey; siblings, Dora Gene Livingston and Hoyt Bailey and wife Del; children, Billy Ray Bailey and wife Lori, Jeff Bailey and wife Carolyn, Brad Bailey and wife Melinda, Shane Bailey and wife Relissa, Freddy Grant and Jolene Pearce, Bailee Lowery and husband Clarke, and Bianca Bailey; grandchildren, Brandy Bailey, Kyle Bailey, Travis Bailey, McKenzy Brewer, Brandon Bailey, Destiny Bogue, Derika Bailey, Jesse Bailey, Dylan Bailey, Shayna Tucker, Kodie Bailey, and Kortni Bailey; and 20 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will occur Friday, July 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Cason Monk-Metcalf officiated by Dr. Jerry Jones. Billy will be laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Park.
Serving as pallbearers will be Brandon Bailey, Dylan Bailey, Jesse Bailey, Kyle Bailey, Travis Bailey, and Kodie Bailey. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy's deer lease buddies at Penn Creek and his lake friends and family.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Contributor: twar10 (47001944)
Billy was a graduate of Timpson High School Class of 1959. He had a wide range of careers, starting out as a police officer in Center, Texas, followed by working as a welder. He later worked farming watermelons, then as a trucker, before founding Bailey Bark Materials in 1983 and Pine Valley Raceway in 2004. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, farming, drag racing, and mud bogging. He also liked to socialize and watch Westerns and Fox News.
Mr. Bailey was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Martha Roselene Bailey; brothers, Pete Bailey, Biba Bailey, Millard Bailey, and Jimmy Bailey; and two great-grandsons.
He is survived by his wife, Sharmion Bailey; siblings, Dora Gene Livingston and Hoyt Bailey and wife Del; children, Billy Ray Bailey and wife Lori, Jeff Bailey and wife Carolyn, Brad Bailey and wife Melinda, Shane Bailey and wife Relissa, Freddy Grant and Jolene Pearce, Bailee Lowery and husband Clarke, and Bianca Bailey; grandchildren, Brandy Bailey, Kyle Bailey, Travis Bailey, McKenzy Brewer, Brandon Bailey, Destiny Bogue, Derika Bailey, Jesse Bailey, Dylan Bailey, Shayna Tucker, Kodie Bailey, and Kortni Bailey; and 20 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will occur Friday, July 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Cason Monk-Metcalf officiated by Dr. Jerry Jones. Billy will be laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Park.
Serving as pallbearers will be Brandon Bailey, Dylan Bailey, Jesse Bailey, Kyle Bailey, Travis Bailey, and Kodie Bailey. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy's deer lease buddies at Penn Creek and his lake friends and family.
Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors
Contributor: twar10 (47001944)
Events
| Birth | 25 Nov 1939 | Shelby County, Texas | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 14 May 1940 | (John Harvey Bailey and Nettie Odie Grace) Shelby County, Texas |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1958 | Martha Roselene Moore | |||
| Death | 24 Jul 2022 | Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas | |||
| Burial | 29 Jul 2022 | Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Roselene Moore (1940 - 2004) |
| Father | John Harvey Bailey (1891 - 1976) |
| Mother | Nettie Odie Grace (1898 - 1978) |
| Sibling | James Audrey Bailey (1923 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Ovias Asbury "Pete" Bailey (1926 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Millard Asberry Bailey (1928 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Dora J. Bailey (1932 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | James Morris Bailey (1937 - 2003) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Harvey Bailey Husband M 48 TexasOdie Bailey Wife F 44 Texas
Audry Bailey Son M 17 Texas
Alvis Bailey Son M 14 Texas
Millerd Bailey Son M 12 Texas
Dora J Bailey Daughter F 8 Texas
Hoyt L Bailey Son M 4 Texas
Jimmie Bailey Son M 2 Texas
Billie Bailey Son M 5/12 Texas
Endnotes
1. .
2. .