Edy Emma Ruth Bailey
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Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Bailey, 93 of Carthage, Texas will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2022, in the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Cocklin officiating. Burial will follow in the Adams Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. Friday night at Hawthorn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Edy Ema Ruth Barnett Bailey was born July 30, 1928, in Galloway Community of Panola County, Texas. Ruth passed this life peacefully, July 25, 2022, in Carthage, Texas. Ruth was one of nine children born to the marriage of James Homer and Lessie Mae Baker Barnett. She was raised and schooled in Galloway and Logansport. Ruth obtained her Associates Degree from Panola College.
Ruth was the first woman auto mechanic in Panola County and spent the rest of her career as a dietician at Panola General Hospital and Panola Nursing Home. She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church. Ruth loved gardening, cooking, fishing, hunting and was a huge Braves fan. She is preceded in death by her siblings, Maxine Fowler, Ovelle Davis, Winnie Baker, Doris Lee Haskins, Lenora "Teet" Adams, James Homer Barnett, Jr., and Linnie Price; son, Davis Bailey, Jr. and grandson, Shannon Todd.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her children, Terry Bailey and wife Melissa of Carthage, Doris Rodriguez, and husband Robert of Carthage; sister, Olean Broadus, and husband Jerry of Carthage; daughter-in-law, Vicki Bailey of Carthage; grandchildren, Kelly Todd Abernathy and husband Joey,
Amy Bailey, Jeffrey Todd and wife Stephanie, Stephen Brando and wife Lisa, Ryan Bailey and wife Samantha, Heath Bailey and wife Jillian, and Nathan Bailey; 17 great grandchildren, 16 great great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends.