Carol V Bailey

CAROL VIRGINIA DICKENS BAILEY 1947-2021 Carol Virginia Dickens came into the world on September 10, 1947, at Fort Benning, Georgia. She was reared along with six (6) siblings in Swainsboro, Georgia, where she was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She learned many life lessons, including how to cook, at the knee of her beloved maternal grandmother, Florrice Morris. Carol was a member of the Swainsboro High School class of 1966 and lately had kept up with several classmates via Facebook. After leaving Swainsboro after high school, she met and married Bill Bailey in Mississippi; they were married 54 years and had three children: Eric Bailey of Alabama; Steven Bailey (Kandi) of Fairhope, Alabama; and Lydia Froden (Joe) of Columbus, Georgia. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren came along over the years. Carol is survived by her husband and all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carol was predeceased by her mother, Mildred Morris Kennedy, and her father, W.T. Dickens. Her surviving siblings are Peggy Dickens Ickard of Ottawa, Kansas; Sandra Dickens Flanders (Richard) of Columbus, Georgia; Connie Peebles Terwilliger (John) of Swainsboro, Georgia; Randall Peebles (Lisa) of Swainsboro; and Wade Peebles of Garfield, Georgia. A brother, Joe Peebles, of Kansas City, Missouri, died in 2018. Her younger brother, Thomas Dickens, died in infancy. Carol earned an Associate Business degree from Southern Union State Community College, Opelika, Alabama. Aside from many hobbies, one of her favorite pastimes was sitting by the Gulf waters near their home in Alabama to watch people and pelicans. Carol developed kidney disease in 1996 and spent a prolonged period on dialysis before receiving a kidney from her sister Connie on February 17, 1997, at University of Alabama in Birmingham. For 24 years Carol guarded that kidney and often expressed her deep gratitude for it. On March 20, 2021, Carol Bailey passed away at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Alabama, after a series of surgeries due to an aortic aneurysm. She was surrounded by family in her last hours. Those close to her are confident that Easter 2021 will be her first in an eternity of Easters in Heaven.

Carol V Bailey

September 10, 1947 - March 20, 2021

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Carol V Bailey

September 10, 1947 - March 20, 2021

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