Obituary of Clarence Gale Bailes

Funeral services for Clarence Gale Bailes, age 74 of Grayson will be held 2:00 PM Friday, November 16, 2018 from the sanctuary of Pine Grove Apostolic Church with Rev. Heath Barnhill and Rev. Johnny Barnhill officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the church from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

Gale was born on November 8, 1944 in Columbia, Louisiana to the union of his parents, Clarence Levi Bailes and Cecil Bernice Campbell Bailes and he passed from this life on November 13, 2018 at his residence following an extended illness. Gale was surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, by brothers: Kirby and Terry Bailes and brother-in-law, Joe Strange. Gale was a member of the Pine Grove Apostolic Church. Gale also served his country proudly during the Vietnam era in the United States Army.

Left to cherish a lifetime of memories are his wife of fifty years, Glenda Duke Bailes; son Cody and daughter-in-law Amy Bailes of Grayson; son Brannon Bailes of Grayson, daughters: Tonya and Tori Bailes of Grayson; brothers: Caston Bailes and wife, Miranda of Kentucky, Ronald Bailes and wife, Debbie of Grayson; sisters: Sue Strange of Grayson, Patricia Bailes of Arkansas and Connie Clements and husband, Lewis of Arkansas; grandchildren: Johnathan Wilks, Hannah Crawford, Rachael and Debra Bailes, Orren and Micah McMillon, Michaela Pruett, Dade McMullen and Mallory Bailes; his great-grandchildren: Alyssa, Hazley, Rowan, Zeplin, Parrish, Levi and Waylon; and his “boys” he called his own, Stephen Braddock of Grayson, Jason Hatten of Grayson and Dalton Dennison of Kelly.

Serving as pallbearers will be Cody Bailes, Brannon Bailes, Johnathan Wilks, Orren McMillon, Dade McMullen and Micah McMillon. Honorary pallbearers will be Chance Grant, Stephen Braddock, Jason Hatten and Dalton Dennison.

He had a fierce love for his family and his job. He was a line locator on the pipeline. He firmly believed in making a difference in peoples lives. He took three young men under his wing and taught them his job. They've gone on to succeed and make him proud. They were forever his “boys”, not by blood, but by heart.

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