Mr. James Linkous “Beardy” Bailey, age 77, of Oakwood, Virginia, departed this world to go be with the Lord on Friday (October 8, 2010) at a Grundy, Virginia hospital after an extended illness. Born November 28, 1932 in Drill, Virginia, he was a son of the late Lee Harman and Sadie Belle Short Bailey. He had lived most of his life in the Garden Creek area and was a member of the Rowe Pentecostal Holiness church. An United States Army veteran, he had served in Germany during the Korean Conflict and was a member of American Legion Post #0164 of Grundy, Virginia. A disabled coal miner, he had last been employed by Rap Coal Company.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one infant brother, three infant sisters, and one brother-in-law, Bill Vandyke.
Survivors include his wife of fifty-two years, Geneva Hess Bailey of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Ruth Bailey of Oakwood; one granddaughter, Kimberly Bailey of Richlands; two brothers, Earl Bailey and wife, Bonnie of Honaker and Carl Bailey and wife, Beulah of Oakwood; three sisters, Verdie Vandyke of Oakwood, Reba Horn and husband, Lawrence of Cedar Bluff, and Lois Bise and husband, Buddy of Rowe; several nieces, nephews, and a host of friends and neighbors also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Virginia with Rev. Ancil Childress, Rev. Troy Lester, and Rev. Edward Tiller officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia.
Military honors will be conducted by American Legion Post #164 of Grundy, Virginia.
Pallbearers will be Tony Bailey, Ricky Horn, Dana Horn, Gary Bailey, Allen Vandyke, Jerry Vandyke, Jimmy Vandyke, Charlie Vandyke, Ray Vandyke, and Johnny Bise.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. D. Patel, Derek Vandyke, Randy Meadows, Rod Bailey, Marvin Bailey, Ket Street, Raymond Lester, Otis Street, Junior Blankenship, Duck Keen, Johnny Compton, and Lincous Wilson.
Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6:00 PM Sunday.
Online condolences may be made at www.honakerfuneralhome.net.

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