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Mrs. Louise G. Bailey, our beloved Mother, Grandmother and Aunt, peacefully passed on to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 107 years of age. She was born October 12, 1915 to Mac and Mary Amerine in Deckerville, Arkansas. She was the oldest of six children.
The family moved to Jonesboro Arkansas early in her childhood. In Jonesboro she met and married Reverend Robert Brown Burks who preceded her in death. Later in life she married Mr. Curtis Bailey who also preceded her in death. In 1948 the Burks family moved to South Bend, Indiana and shortly after she joined St. John Missionary Baptist Church where she continued to be a faithful and dedicated member until her passing. She loved and was loved by her family. She was always there for anyone who needed her. She led her family by example of what a true servant of God should be.
Over the many years of service to St. John, a church that she dearly loved, she held several offices. Among them were Secretary to the Missionary Department which she later became President of Circle #2. She organized the District Nurses and was President for 10 years. She was also Vice President for the State Nurses in her district for 14 years.
Mother Bailey very much enjoyed delivering flowers and dinners for the church to other church members who were ill or could no longer attend church. She spent a great deal of her time visiting nursing homes and hospitals helping wherever she was needed. She has received the Key to the City and many, many awards for her unwavering dedication to serve the community. She worked at Memorial Hospital as a Nurse's Aid for over thirty years before she retired. At the age of 80, she was employed by the South Bend School Corporation to work as a Nurse's assistant at Perley Elementary School. She resigned at age 85.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Mac and Mary Amerine, her two husbands, Robert Brown Burks and Curtis Bailey. Three Sisters, Mrs. Ledora Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, Mrs. Margaret Gary and two brothers, Willie Amerine and Richard Turnage. She was also preceded in death by her Loving step children, Betty Simmons, Bertha Ayers, Toma Bailey, Fred Bailey, Johnny Bailey, Gene Bailey and Son-in-law, Aaron Austin Sr.
She leaves to celebrate her life her with gratitude and love: Her daughters, Betty Austin (the late Aaron Austin), Emma Robinson and Gwendolyn McIntosh all of South Bend, IN, eleven grandchildren, seventeen step-grandchildren, nineteen greatgrandchildren, twenty-three great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild. Two special nieces, Sandra Gary of South Bend, IN and Mary Bruins of Los Angeles CA. and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation Services will begin at 10:00 AM 1 hour before the Homegoing Memorial Service at 11:00 AM on February 11th, 2023at Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 101 North Adams Street, South Bend, IN 46628. Pastor Andre McGhee will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, South Bend, IN. Arrangements have been entrusted to Alford's Mortuary, Inc. To send online condolences, please visit www.alfordsmortuaryinc.com
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