| Joel H Bailey Family |
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| Above, 1920s Grandma and Grandpa Heavner Below, 1911 Photo of Teresa......can't make out her last name on the back of the photo |
| Above,1920s My Mom, Margie Heavner Bailey Below, Late Brother Gary 1940s |
Below, 1940s Mom & Dad, Brothers Gary and Randy |
1940s Grandma Corrina Heavner, Grandpa Luis Heavner & Cousin George Moody Below, My Dad HA Bailey - Bus Driver in the 1940s |
1940s My Mom Margie Bailey on the left - the lady on the right is unknown. Assume this was in West Rockingham, where she was raised. |
Uncle John Heavner wrote this letter on Dec 18, 1945 to my mother, his sister, Margie. As you can see, he was in the Marines. John ran the Five Points Barbershop in Rockingham until his death. This was right at Christmas and he was getting ready to ship off to China. |
1950 - Yours Truly - 2 years old. 1953 - Brother Gary & Randy in front of our old house on Old Ellerbe Road - before it was remodeled. Below 1953 -Me, Dad, Randy,Baby Keith, Mom and Gary. That old jeep behind us was used to sell Watkins Products. That's the old Pankey house behind us across the street on Old Ellerbe Rd. 1953 - My mom Margie Bailey and brother Keith Below in 1958 - I believe that is my brother Gary or maybe Randy - can't be sure. Our old '51 Chevy again...that's the Brigman house behind him. This old white 2 story house had a garage and screened in porch on the second floor. 1958 Again - same as the one on the right plus little brother Keith. |
Around 1950 - My Uncle Artemus Bailey and wife Rachel. 1950 - Brother Gary Bailey 1953 - Me, brother Gary and Randy That's me above in 1953. 1958 - Our old 1951 Chevy parked beside our house. Below in 1958 - That's my cousin Frankie Heavner. 1958 - Me and brother Randy on the porch of the old homeplace. 1960s - Brother Randy in the Navy. |
| 1960 - That's me and brother Keith in the Cherokee Mountains where we went on vacation each year. Notice that '59 Chevy behind us - that was our car. I can spot a '57 Ford, Chevy Monza, Our '59 and a '57 Chevy in this photo. Can you? |
| 1963 - To the left are my dad and mom, me and brother Keith. This was in Fontana Village. We would stay at cabins like this during some of our summer vacations to the NC mountains. Below, 1964 - Brother Keith 7th grade. 1968 - My dad, H.A. Bailey - he died in 1977 heart attack. Below, Uncle Frank Heavner Obit 1969 Below, Grandma Heavner Obit 1969 |
| 1966 - My 1966 Chevelle SS 396 with me, Mark Hewitt and brother Keith. Notice the old 51 Ford in the background. I used to take this car to school and have to park it on a hill in order to shove it down the hill to start it. I was a senior at that time...thought I had made it to the big time. The Chevelle was a tough car - I loved to race it on the week-ends. Many races down 74 beside Tom & Sarahs Restaurant. Below left, Uncle D B Bailey Obit 1969 |
| 1969 - Grandma Heavner's gravesite Rich Memorial Cemetary. Below - 1969 May- Grandma Heavner holding my oldest daughter Sandi - grandma died that October. 1972 - Postcard from Disneyworld to my parents. 1973 - Grandma Bailey funeral card. 1974 - Grandpa Heavner funeral card. He died 5 years after his wife, my grandmother Heavner. 1996 - Wilma Hudson funeral card. She was a cousin and good friend to my mother. 1976 Photo of Mom and Dad, my son Shannon, daughter Sandi and wife Sandra. This was at Easter. 1977 Christmas - my wife Sandra on the left, then my mom and sister-in-law Dayle Bailey. 1979 - Trip to Maggie Valley - Ghost Town in the Sky - father-in-law John Watson and his wife Billie, my son Shannon and daughter Sandi. I remember that is about as far as we got to going up to the top of the mountain. My wife was afraid of heights. Good photo of my Aunt Rosa Lea Bailey - LD Bailey's wife. |
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| 1940s - My Uncle John Heavner and his sister, my mother, Margie Heavner Bailey. |
| 1946 - My mom Margie Bailey and believe one of my older brothers, Randy. 1950s- My older brother Gary Bailey. |
| 1947 - My mom Margie Bailey. 1950s- Mom and Gary. |
| 1952 - The Bailey Family in the front yard. That's me, Randy, Keith and Gary standing in front of mom and dad. Notice dad had a cigarette in his hand plus the old jeep he used to drive to sell Watkins products. Also in 1952, that's me on the right. |
| 1952 July - Mom and brother Keith, 5 months old. |
| 1952 Three Bailey brothers - Joel, Randy and Gary 1961 -Cousin Jeff Heavner and brother Keith. That was our pony, Trigger.He was a pretty wild pony - loved to try to scrape you off when you rode him. We had a buggy that he would pull us in. 1962 - My wife Sandra Watson Bailey in the 8th grade. Below - 1966 - Mom, Dad, Keith & Randy - I was there somewhere, in Maggie Valley. My SS396 in background |
| 1966 - Keith and I - those madras pants on the left cost me 20 bucks from Longs of Rockingham - Dad about had a cow when he found out I paid that much for a pair of pants. Look at the TV - that is Slim Mims aka Uncle Ugly. |
| 1966 - This car was my pride and joy. A 1966 Chevy Chevelle SS396..dad ordered this car and I remember when it was delivered. I saw it coming into Russell Bennett Chevrolet on Fayetteville Rd. Wished I had never sold it. 1967 - Below is my wife Sandra's family. Front row is her mom, sister Gloria, brother Howard and Sandra. Back row her dad, his mother Mrs Watson and his wife's parents, Mr & Mrs John Maness. |
| 1967 - My lovely wife, Sandra W Bailey. 1970s late -my family - me, Sandra, Sandi & Shannon. Below are photos from the Church Pictorial, I believe around 1971, of the Pee Dee Pentecostal Holiness Church. Below, Lady on the right is Jeanette Bailey - wife of cousin Bo Bailey. Picture to the right has my mother first out on the back row and I believe aunt Rosa Lea first on the second row. Photo to the right is Sonny Grooms teaching a Sunday School class. |
| 1970s early - my mom and dad. Below, 1972 - brother Randy and wife Dayle. Not sure which baby she is holding Cousin Bobbby "Bam" Heavner 10 yrs old. |
| See if you recognize any of the people contained in the photos below. |
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| 1950s - Marie Avant on the left & Faye Avant on the right - looks lika a baby shower. Former members of Pee Dee Pentecostal Holiness Church. Marie has passed on but don't know about Faye. |
| My Aunt Shirley Heavner Martin - mom's sister. Don't know the year. |
| 1943 - Letter of Employment...I never knew my mom lived in New River, NC. |
| 1943 - Letter to my mom and dad from L.D. & Rosa Lea Bailey...looks like it was written to them when they lived in New River. |
| 1943 - Letter below to my mom and dad from Jim and Hazel Bailey - dad's brother and wife. Notice this letter was 2 days after the one above was written. I don't know if this is when he got a job with the bus co or Watkins products. |
| Below - bros Keith on the left, then Randy and then Gary. Below those are Jerry Jenkins on the left and Murphy Comer on the right - childhood friends in the old neighborhood. Below - 1950s - that's me on our pony Trigger. Dad built fence behind our house - it was a cool design he did. Those woods behind me are now all grown up with brush and trees. That land was fenced in and we had a barn up on that back hill that Trigger stayed in. Photo below in 1950s - Keith on Trigger. That's our old '59 Chevy Impala in the background. Below is Keith on the left and right with brother Randy standing. Below, 1950s - in front of the old Pee Dee Pentecostal Church are Pastor David Williams and his famly - Little David on the left, with sister Viola behind him, Mr & Mrs Williams, Thad and his sister in front - can't remember her name. And that is Thad in the photo on the left in Sunday School. Below is a photo of Viola Willaims - from above. I remember she was a whiz at Bible Drills...plus I had a little crush on her. On the left below is Keith in 1953 and on the right - trying to show off is brother Gary in 1958. Photo below is in 1957 - The Warnock Family. A very musical family. Can't name all of them below but I believe that is Paul on the right...he provides many stories in this website. |
| Below - 1958 me at 10 yrs old 4th grade. Photo on right is bro Randy & me clowning around for the camera. I assume this was in the 1960s - my dad worked there many years. |
| 1974 - Me on the left, Dad and brother Randy. 1974 - Letter of Honor and Dedication to Rev Robert Baxley - former pastor at Pee Dee Pentecostal Holiness Church. |
| Below is my cousin Annette Heavner -daughter of Uncle Jimmy Heavner at 15 years old. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago. She used to babysit my two kids - she was a great and loving person. |
| Below clockwise - Trigger and unknown occupants, Keith and Randy, '66 Chevelle SS396, bro Keith acting up, and Dad and Keith. |
| 1980s below - daughter Sandi helping out with Special Ed Kids on the right & Top Speller on the left. Below is a letter my Uncle Artemus Bailey wrote to his sister, Geneva. Don't know the year but must have been in the 1950s. Geneva died from cancer - she was married to Clyde Thompson and had a son, Jacki and daughter, Mitzi. This was written looks like on an envelope or part of one. Artemus was called Temus for short. Sad letter. |
