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	Bailes Mailing List

Descendants of Finis Melan Bailes

Generation No. 1

1. FINIS MELAN¹ BAILES was born 23 April 1892 in Grayson County, Kentucky, and died 02 October 1969 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. He married SOPHIE RUTH ROOF 01 September 1910 in Grayson County, Kentucky, daughter of DANIEL ROOF and LOUISA LUCAS. She was born 10 September 1895 in Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky, and died 20 November 1975 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Children of FINIS BAILES and SOPHIE ROOF are:

i. WILBUR THOMAS² BAILES, b. 08 October 1911, Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. November 1997, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky; m. (1) OPAL VERTREES; m. (2) COVA MARIE HAYS, 04 February 1937, Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky; b. 30 September 1917, Edmondson County, Kentucky; m. (3) MARY MADALENE HORN, 02 April 1951; b. 10 April 1916; d. 25 November 1983, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky.

ii. CHESTER WILLIAM BAILES, b. 11 September 1915, Sandford, Seminole County, Florida; m. GEORGIE LAUVERN LINE; b. 13 December 1921, Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky.

iii. EDNA LEA BAILES, b. 15 May 1917, Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 20 February 2000, Mobile, Alabama; m. (1) HOZA EDWARD BURKS, 22 April 1933, Grayson County, Kentucky; b. 31 January 1911, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 31 August 1951, Latham, Illinois; m. (2) ERVINE HENRY FREY, 15 June 1969, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; b. 20 October 1907, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

iv. LULA MAE BAILES, b. 13 November 1918, Church, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 14 January 1997, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; m. (1) WILLIAM LEON HAYDEN, Bef. 1938; b. 03 November 1923, Harrison County, Mississippi; d. 14 December 1976, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; m. (2) PAUL MORRIS JONES, 02 July 1938, Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky; b. 21 April 1914, Logan County, Illinois; m. (3) LEO LILLEY, 13 January 1968, Jefferson County, Kentucky; b. 03 November 1923, Harrison County, Mississippi; d. 14 December 1975, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

v. MAGGIE RHEA BAILES, b. 28 November 1920, Church, Grayson County, Kentucky; m. WILLIE LAWSON CHRISTIE, 13 December 1941, Horse Cave, Kentucky; b. 20 July 1920, Edmonton, Metcalf County, Kentucky.

vi. CHARLES SHERMAN BAILES, b. 21 August 1922, Church, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 02 July 1979, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; m. SHIRLEY ALTA JEFFERIES, 23 January 1943, Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky; b. 11 April 1917, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 11 August 1997, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

vii. JAMES ERNEST BAILES, b. 28 May 1924, Church, Grayson County, Kentucky; m. ZILPHA MARIE JEFFERIES, 28 November 1942, Clarkson, Grayson County, Kentucky; b. 24 March 1922, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 23 October 2000, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

viii. VIRGIL EDWARD BAILES, b. 1926, Church, Grayson County, Kentucky; m. (1) LUCILLE STEVENSON, 24 November 1946, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; b. 1926, Grayson County, Kentucky; m. (2) REBECCA WILLIAMS, 19 December 1981, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; b. 1930, Celina, Tennessee.

ix. LOTTIE LOUISA BAILES, b. 06 September 1929, Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky; d. 07 March 1931, Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky.

x. HELEN LOUISA BAILES, b. 1931, Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky; m. RANDALL MILLER, 26 June 1946, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; b. 19 October 1924, Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky.