Individual Details

Death

Viginia Gazette, Virginia, IL March 18, 1949
Mrs Sadee Bayha Dies at Hospital Tuesday Morning
Mrs. Sadee Thompson Bayha, 841 South East Street passed away at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at the Passavant
Hospital where she had been a patient for several days. She had been in failing health for the past few years.
She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hickman Thompson and was born near Rankin, IL. Her mother
passed away while she was still an infant, after which she was reared by her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs Richard
Davis Thompson of Virginia, Illinois.
She graduated from the Virginia public schools, after which she attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville,
specializing in the art department of that college.
She was united in marriage with C.O. Bayha in Jacksonville on April 26, 1905, with the Rev. C.A.
Muskgrove as the officiating minister.
After three years residence in Peoria, the couple returned to Jacksonville, where they made their home ever
since.
Mrs. Bayha was an active member of Rebecca Lodge No. 13. She was also a member of the Centenary
Methodist Church and a member of the W.S.C.S. of the Brooklyn Methodist Church. She was a charter
member of the Lodge of the Ladies of the Grand Army.
She is survived by her husband, C.O. Bayha of Jacksonville, and several cousins among whom are the
members of the John G. Moore family of Sinclair, and the Mefford family of Virginia and other relatives and
friends.
The remains were taken to the Thompson Funeral Home in Murrayville, and will be returned to the residence
at 841 South East Street on Wednesday morning.
Services will be conducted from Brooklyn Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon at 2: o'clock. The Rev.
C.W. Leonard will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John Collins. Burial will be made in the home lot in the
Virginia Cemetery.
The body will be taken to the church one hour before the time of service.