Bailey, Riley Corbett

1892 - 1971  (79 years)

• Name	Bailey, Riley Corbett
  Birth	15 Jul 1892	Clark County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BAIL.R007
  _FGRAVE	48530972
  Military Service	World War I, Private, Battery B, 6th Field Artillery Regiment  [1]
  		List of Richland County, Illinois World War I Veterans Compliments of Kaleb Beavers
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  Death	9 Aug 1971	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Burial	Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I54925	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jul 1892 - Clark County, Illinois Death - 9 Aug 1971 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Riley C. Bailey, age 79, of 201 N. Mulberry Street, passed away this morning at Richland Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Bailey was born in Clark County the son of Balsam Bailey and Martha A. Misner Bailey. He was united in marriage to Bertha Thomas on Jan. 24, 1928. He was a veteran of World War One and served in the United States Army as a member of Battery "B", 6th, Regiment of the Field Artillery. Mr. Bailey had been an employee of the Hocking Auto Parts several years ago and in his retirement he was a gunsmith and specialized in hand made gunstocks which were well known throughout the area. He leaves his wife, Bertha, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Mary) Walker of Olney and 3 grandchildren. Other survivors are the following brothers and sisters: Everett Bailey of Kilburn, Robert Bailey of Havana, Harley Bailey of Springfield, Mrs. James (Lillie) Stacey and Mrs. Lela Locke, both of Olney, Mrs. Alvin (Nellie) Mathews of Forest City, Mrs. Dolph (Hazel) Bland and Mrs. Bernard (Dorothy) Bland, both of Greenup. He was preceded in death by his parents: a grandson, Gary Stephen Scranton on Dec. 1, 1966: a brother, Charles: a sister, Hattie: and 2 infant brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Marshall Funeral Home with the Rev. R. E. Dowden officiating. Interment in Haven Hill cemetery. From obituary in The Olney Daily Mail.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15884] Kaleb Beavers, List of Richland County World War I Veterans, Compiled by Kaleb Beavers, (24 October 2018) (Reliability: 2).