Clarion Ledger; 01 Apr 1956, Sun; Pages 1 & 8; Jackson, Mississippi
Mrs. Bailey Dies Saturday In Meridian
Tax Collector Victim Of Heart Attack At 1 O'Clock
Death came quietly Saturday to Mrs. Nellah Massey Bailey, 62, wife of the late Gov. Thomas L. Bailey, following a series of heart attacks. Mrs. Bailey had been so ill in recent days that she had gone to Meridian, and it was in Riley's Hospital there that she passed away shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, four hours after the latest attack.
As state tax collector for the past eight years, she was only three months into her third term as the only woman in history to be elected to a statewide office.
She moved to Jackson in 1944 as the wife of the governor, and lived here until his death two years later, 1946. The following year she offered for State Tax collector and swept three opponents aside in the first primary. She had been comfortably reelected since.
Mrs. Bailey's death was announced to the House of Representatives by Speaker Walter Sillers and a standing vote adopted a resolution of respect presented by one of Mrs. Bailey's close friends, Rep. Betty Jane Long of Lauderdale county. Gov. Bailey was house speaker before he became chief executive The Senate likewise paused in its final-hour deliberations to pay respect to the state official.
Gov. Coleman was in the House when the word of the death came. He said he felt keenly the loss of this member of the state's official family, and added that of course he would refrain from making an appointment of her successor for several days.
Funeral Monday
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Central Methodist Church of Meridian with the Rev. Dr. Brunner M. Hunt officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Lawrence, Trinity Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Duncan Hobart, St. James' Episcopal church. Pall bearers will be deputy collectors in Mrs. Bailey's office. Interment will be made in Magnolia Cemetery at Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bailey Webb; an adopted son, Harold Bailey; three sisters, Miss Elaine Massey, district extension agent for South Mississippi, Miss Sallie Massey of Hattiesburg, overseas worker in World War II, and Mrs. Elmo Hill of Belzoni; two half-sisters, Mrs. Eurith Miller of Miami and Miss Mary Massey, Methodist missionary in Mexico; by two brothers, Dr. C. C Massey, Meridian dentist, and Henry Massey of Bailey, Miss., and by three grandsons and one granddaughter of Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey was a woman of unusual personal charm and outstanding ability. She was the head librarian of the city of Meridian when a young attorney, interested in a word contest, did research in the library, met, courted and married the librarian.
She was a leader in Pilot club work and after all the offices locally, she rose to such popularity in the club that she was elected its National president. Similarly, she was a leader in Mississippi Federated Women's Club organization and the federation actually changed its constitution in order to support her in the campaign for the tax collector's office in 1947.
Active In Organizations
Mrs. Bailey was an able public speaker and was in demand for appearances in many parts of the state for numerous occasions. Her memberships were too numerous to list, but included charter member ship in Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Business and Professional Women's clubs, Twentieth Century Club, Pushmataha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, fortnightly Literary Club, Official Mississippi Women's Club, and an active, longtime leader in the Methodist Church.
She was born in Birmingham but lived in Meridian practically all her life. She was educated in Meridian schools and took libarary specialist courses in Alabama before entering the Meridian library. She continued in the library work until her husband was elected governor and she moved with him into the Executive Mansion in downtown Jackson. After his death in 1946, Mrs. Bailey went back to Meridian and in 1947 launched her campaign for State Tax Collector, and was elected and twice re-elected. In Jackson she made her home at 727 Arlington street.
Mrs. Bailey Dies Saturday In Meridian
Tax Collector Victim Of Heart Attack At 1 O'Clock
Death came quietly Saturday to Mrs. Nellah Massey Bailey, 62, wife of the late Gov. Thomas L. Bailey, following a series of heart attacks. Mrs. Bailey had been so ill in recent days that she had gone to Meridian, and it was in Riley's Hospital there that she passed away shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, four hours after the latest attack.
As state tax collector for the past eight years, she was only three months into her third term as the only woman in history to be elected to a statewide office.
She moved to Jackson in 1944 as the wife of the governor, and lived here until his death two years later, 1946. The following year she offered for State Tax collector and swept three opponents aside in the first primary. She had been comfortably reelected since.
Mrs. Bailey's death was announced to the House of Representatives by Speaker Walter Sillers and a standing vote adopted a resolution of respect presented by one of Mrs. Bailey's close friends, Rep. Betty Jane Long of Lauderdale county. Gov. Bailey was house speaker before he became chief executive The Senate likewise paused in its final-hour deliberations to pay respect to the state official.
Gov. Coleman was in the House when the word of the death came. He said he felt keenly the loss of this member of the state's official family, and added that of course he would refrain from making an appointment of her successor for several days.
Funeral Monday
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Central Methodist Church of Meridian with the Rev. Dr. Brunner M. Hunt officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Lawrence, Trinity Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Duncan Hobart, St. James' Episcopal church. Pall bearers will be deputy collectors in Mrs. Bailey's office. Interment will be made in Magnolia Cemetery at Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bailey Webb; an adopted son, Harold Bailey; three sisters, Miss Elaine Massey, district extension agent for South Mississippi, Miss Sallie Massey of Hattiesburg, overseas worker in World War II, and Mrs. Elmo Hill of Belzoni; two half-sisters, Mrs. Eurith Miller of Miami and Miss Mary Massey, Methodist missionary in Mexico; by two brothers, Dr. C. C Massey, Meridian dentist, and Henry Massey of Bailey, Miss., and by three grandsons and one granddaughter of Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey was a woman of unusual personal charm and outstanding ability. She was the head librarian of the city of Meridian when a young attorney, interested in a word contest, did research in the library, met, courted and married the librarian.
She was a leader in Pilot club work and after all the offices locally, she rose to such popularity in the club that she was elected its National president. Similarly, she was a leader in Mississippi Federated Women's Club organization and the federation actually changed its constitution in order to support her in the campaign for the tax collector's office in 1947.
Active In Organizations
Mrs. Bailey was an able public speaker and was in demand for appearances in many parts of the state for numerous occasions. Her memberships were too numerous to list, but included charter member ship in Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Business and Professional Women's clubs, Twentieth Century Club, Pushmataha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, fortnightly Literary Club, Official Mississippi Women's Club, and an active, longtime leader in the Methodist Church.
She was born in Birmingham but lived in Meridian practically all her life. She was educated in Meridian schools and took libarary specialist courses in Alabama before entering the Meridian library. She continued in the library work until her husband was elected governor and she moved with him into the Executive Mansion in downtown Jackson. After his death in 1946, Mrs. Bailey went back to Meridian and in 1947 launched her campaign for State Tax Collector, and was elected and twice re-elected. In Jackson she made her home at 727 Arlington street.
Clarion Ledger; 01 Apr 1956, Sun; Pages 1 & 8; Jackson, Mississippi
Mrs. Bailey Dies Saturday In Meridian
Tax Collector Victim Of Heart Attack At 1 O'Clock
Death came quietly Saturday to Mrs. Nellah Massey Bailey, 62, wife of the late Gov. Thomas L. Bailey, following a series of heart attacks. Mrs. Bailey had been so ill in recent days that she had gone to Meridian, and it was in Riley's Hospital there that she passed away shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, four hours after the latest attack.
As state tax collector for the past eight years, she was only three months into her third term as the only woman in history to be elected to a statewide office.
She moved to Jackson in 1944 as the wife of the governor, and lived here until his death two years later, 1946. The following year she offered for State Tax collector and swept three opponents aside in the first primary. She had been comfortably reelected since.
Mrs. Bailey's death was announced to the House of Representatives by Speaker Walter Sillers and a standing vote adopted a resolution of respect presented by one of Mrs. Bailey's close friends, Rep. Betty Jane Long of Lauderdale county. Gov. Bailey was house speaker before he became chief executive The Senate likewise paused in its final-hour deliberations to pay respect to the state official.
Gov. Coleman was in the House when the word of the death came. He said he felt keenly the loss of this member of the state's official family, and added that of course he would refrain from making an appointment of her successor for several days.
Funeral Monday
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Central Methodist Church of Meridian with the Rev. Dr. Brunner M. Hunt officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Lawrence, Trinity Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Duncan Hobart, St. James' Episcopal church. Pall bearers will be deputy collectors in Mrs. Bailey's office. Interment will be made in Magnolia Cemetery at Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bailey Webb; an adopted son, Harold Bailey; three sisters, Miss Elaine Massey, district extension agent for South Mississippi, Miss Sallie Massey of Hattiesburg, overseas worker in World War II, and Mrs. Elmo Hill of Belzoni; two half-sisters, Mrs. Eurith Miller of Miami and Miss Mary Massey, Methodist missionary in Mexico; by two brothers, Dr. C. C Massey, Meridian dentist, and Henry Massey of Bailey, Miss., and by three grandsons and one granddaughter of Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey was a woman of unusual personal charm and outstanding ability. She was the head librarian of the city of Meridian when a young attorney, interested in a word contest, did research in the library, met, courted and married the librarian.
She was a leader in Pilot club work and after all the offices locally, she rose to such popularity in the club that she was elected its National president. Similarly, she was a leader in Mississippi Federated Women's Club organization and the federation actually changed its constitution in order to support her in the campaign for the tax collector's office in 1947.
Active In Organizations
Mrs. Bailey was an able public speaker and was in demand for appearances in many parts of the state for numerous occasions. Her memberships were too numerous to list, but included charter member ship in Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Business and Professional Women's clubs, Twentieth Century Club, Pushmataha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, fortnightly Literary Club, Official Mississippi Women's Club, and an active, longtime leader in the Methodist Church.
She was born in Birmingham but lived in Meridian practically all her life. She was educated in Meridian schools and took libarary specialist courses in Alabama before entering the Meridian library. She continued in the library work until her husband was elected governor and she moved with him into the Executive Mansion in downtown Jackson. After his death in 1946, Mrs. Bailey went back to Meridian and in 1947 launched her campaign for State Tax Collector, and was elected and twice re-elected. In Jackson she made her home at 727 Arlington street.
Mrs. Bailey Dies Saturday In Meridian
Tax Collector Victim Of Heart Attack At 1 O'Clock
Death came quietly Saturday to Mrs. Nellah Massey Bailey, 62, wife of the late Gov. Thomas L. Bailey, following a series of heart attacks. Mrs. Bailey had been so ill in recent days that she had gone to Meridian, and it was in Riley's Hospital there that she passed away shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, four hours after the latest attack.
As state tax collector for the past eight years, she was only three months into her third term as the only woman in history to be elected to a statewide office.
She moved to Jackson in 1944 as the wife of the governor, and lived here until his death two years later, 1946. The following year she offered for State Tax collector and swept three opponents aside in the first primary. She had been comfortably reelected since.
Mrs. Bailey's death was announced to the House of Representatives by Speaker Walter Sillers and a standing vote adopted a resolution of respect presented by one of Mrs. Bailey's close friends, Rep. Betty Jane Long of Lauderdale county. Gov. Bailey was house speaker before he became chief executive The Senate likewise paused in its final-hour deliberations to pay respect to the state official.
Gov. Coleman was in the House when the word of the death came. He said he felt keenly the loss of this member of the state's official family, and added that of course he would refrain from making an appointment of her successor for several days.
Funeral Monday
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Central Methodist Church of Meridian with the Rev. Dr. Brunner M. Hunt officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Robert Lawrence, Trinity Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Duncan Hobart, St. James' Episcopal church. Pall bearers will be deputy collectors in Mrs. Bailey's office. Interment will be made in Magnolia Cemetery at Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bailey Webb; an adopted son, Harold Bailey; three sisters, Miss Elaine Massey, district extension agent for South Mississippi, Miss Sallie Massey of Hattiesburg, overseas worker in World War II, and Mrs. Elmo Hill of Belzoni; two half-sisters, Mrs. Eurith Miller of Miami and Miss Mary Massey, Methodist missionary in Mexico; by two brothers, Dr. C. C Massey, Meridian dentist, and Henry Massey of Bailey, Miss., and by three grandsons and one granddaughter of Meridian.
Mrs. Bailey was a woman of unusual personal charm and outstanding ability. She was the head librarian of the city of Meridian when a young attorney, interested in a word contest, did research in the library, met, courted and married the librarian.
She was a leader in Pilot club work and after all the offices locally, she rose to such popularity in the club that she was elected its National president. Similarly, she was a leader in Mississippi Federated Women's Club organization and the federation actually changed its constitution in order to support her in the campaign for the tax collector's office in 1947.
Active In Organizations
Mrs. Bailey was an able public speaker and was in demand for appearances in many parts of the state for numerous occasions. Her memberships were too numerous to list, but included charter member ship in Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Business and Professional Women's clubs, Twentieth Century Club, Pushmataha chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, fortnightly Literary Club, Official Mississippi Women's Club, and an active, longtime leader in the Methodist Church.
She was born in Birmingham but lived in Meridian practically all her life. She was educated in Meridian schools and took libarary specialist courses in Alabama before entering the Meridian library. She continued in the library work until her husband was elected governor and she moved with him into the Executive Mansion in downtown Jackson. After his death in 1946, Mrs. Bailey went back to Meridian and in 1947 launched her campaign for State Tax Collector, and was elected and twice re-elected. In Jackson she made her home at 727 Arlington street.
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