OBITUARY Services today
for Joe Bailey, ex-UNT librarian
Services for Joe H. Bailey, retired assistant director of libraries at the
University of North Texas in Denton, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Southmont
Baptist Church in Denton. Burial will be at
Perry Cemetery in Carrollton .
Mr. Bailey died Thursday at HCA Denton Community Hospital. He was 76.
The Carrollton native received his undergraduate degree from North Texas State
University (now UNT) and a professional degree in library science from George
Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tenn.
During his 35-year career, Mr. Bailey worked at libraries at Southern Methodist
University, Murray State College in Kentucky, West Texas A&M University in
Canyon and UNT. Mr. Bailey was at North Texas for 24 years, serving as reference
librarian, interim director of libraries and assistant director. He retired in
1981.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Lloyd Bailey of Denton; two daughters,
Elizabeth L. Bailey of Atlanta and Anne Bailey Cagle of Austin; and two
grandsons.
Memorials may be made to the Joe H. Bailey Memorial Fund, in care of Mayflower
Congregation Church, 3415 Cross Timbers Road, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 or Ann's
Haven Hospice, 216 W. Mulberry St., Denton, Texas 76201.
The Dallas Morning News - March 28, 1994
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams |