
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 1, 1994                    TAG: 9406010436 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: NORFOLK 
DATELINE: 940601                                 LENGTH: Short

SHIRLEY BAILEY

{LEAD} Shirley ``Big Shirley'' Virginia Jones Walker Bailey, 69, of the 2300 block of Grandy Ave., died May 27, 1994, at home.

Mrs. Bailey was born in Norfolk. She was the widow of George L. Bailey and had retired from the Naval Base after 41 years. She had been retired for nine years.

{REST} Survivors include five daughters, Phyllis Futrell, Reginia Walker, Vickie Bailey, Sarah Montgomery and Jennifer Bailey, all of Norfolk; two sons, Gerald Walker and Vernon Bailey, both of Norfolk; a sister, Savada Howard of Chesapeake; 15 grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in Hale Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. M.L. Williams. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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