Following a lengthy battle with cancer, Bobby Ray Bailey, 73 of Stilwell, Oklahoma, overcame the disease and went home Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bobby was born in Stilwell, Oklahoma on May 11, 1933 to Rex and Christine Bailey.
On October 24, 1953, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Choate.
Bob leaves behind, his wife of 53 years, Elizabeth "Liz" Bailey, his son and family, Karlin Ray and Glenda Bailey, Cole, Ethan and Hope Elizabeth Bailey, his daughter and family, Pam and Joseph Rowe, Elizabeth Joy and Caleb Rowe, two brothers, Vernon Bailey and wife Faye, Joe Charles Bailey and wife, Cathrine; four sisters, Mary Carlton and husband, Stanley, Norma Jean "Midge" Loftin and husband, Afton, Alice Carlton and husband, Don, Paula Worley and husband, Jock and numerous family friends and loved ones.
