Flossie H. Bailey

Published 8:49 pm Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Flossie H. Bailey, 79 transitioned Friday, July 14, 2017. She was born in Suffolk to the late William M. Hicks and Christener White Jones-Hicks. She was preceded in death by her son, Dexter M. Bailey.

Flossie worked as a school nutritionist for 35 years in the Suffolk Public Schools system. She was a member of Mineral Spring Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Lenton Stanley Bailey; sons, Darryl A. Bailey, of Durham, N.C., and Dean Bailey, of Suffolk; daughter-in-law, Mamie Bailey; sister, Dorothy H. Jackson; brother, Charles E. Jones; two brothers-in-law; five sisters-in-law; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and devoted caretaker, Shauna Williams.

A funeral service will be held at noon Friday, July 21, 2017, at Mineral Spring Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. Allen Ray Hunt. Interment will be in Carver Memorial Cemetery. Condolences to the family maybe extended at www.crockerfuneralhome.com. Professional services with dignity have been entrusted to Crocker Funeral Home Inc.