Giles L. Bailey

Giles Leon Bailey, 84, of Franklin, died at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday November 12, 2014 at UPMC Northwest, Seneca, PA.

A son of Willie Benton and Pauline Bailey he was born in Ruffin, NC on November 11, 1930. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during the Korean Conflict.

He was employed at Joy for 33 years. At the time of his retirement he was Senior Electrical Designer.

Giles was a member of St. John Episcopal Church and Franklin Elk's Lodge #110.
He enjoyed bird hunting and fishing.

On March 8, 1952 he married the former Constance Diggs in Danville, VA; she survives along with a son Giles L. Bailey Jr. and his wife Dorothy of Franklin; two daughters Norma K. Branem of Chicago and Connie Jo Palmer and her husband Bruce of Franklin; 9 grandchildren Brandy Myers and her husband Billy, Ann Poyer and her husband Eric, Brian Leon Bailey and his wife Melanie, Jessica Bailey, Richard Palmer, Elizabeth Conroy and her husband Tom, Julie Palmer, Hannah Bailey and Sarah Palmer; 4 great-grandchildren Kortnee and Blaze Myers and Ashlyn and Kinsey Poyer. Completing his family are a brother Reynard Bailey and his wife Rachel and a sister Jane Barker and her husband Thomas all of Ringgold, VA.

He was preceded in death by a son Dan R. Bailey, a brother Jack Bailey and a sister Hortense Brumfield.

Friends will be received in the Huff Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 312 W. Park St. from 4-7 p.m. Friday and from 2-2:45 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Saturday. Funeral services will be held in the church at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Richard C. Rowe, interim pastor of St. John's officiating.

Interment will be made in Peter's Cemetery with military honors by the V.E.T.S. Honor Guard.