Children born to Harry and Lula are Elmore Drane Bailey and Joseph Pennington Bailey.
Evening Star
26 November 1941, page 24
Funeral Services Today For Harry O. Bailey Sr.
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at Sardo's funeral home, 412 H street N.E., for Harry Oliver Bailey, sr., who died Monday at his home 814 Fifth street N.E.
Masonic services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Angel Hill Cemetery, Harve de Grace, Md., where he will be buried.
Mr. Bailey was born here March 24, 1863, son of William H. and Margaret A. Bailey. His father was a chairman of the Board of Trustees at Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Bailey was employed for a number of years at the Capitol as inspector of the gas and electric systems. He retired in 1937.
He was the third generation of his family to be a member of the Washington Centennial Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member for more than 50 years. He also was a member of the La Fayette Chapter, Washington Commandery, No. 1; Almas Temple, and the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District. Surviving Mr. Bailey are his widow, Mrs. Lula P. Bailey; three son, Capt. Harry O. Bailey, jr., of the District Fire Department; Joseph P. Bailey and Elmore D. Bailey; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Trew, and a sister, Mrs. Louise McGaw.
He joined the fire dept in 1911 and retired in 1946 as a Battalion Chief,
Children born to Harry and Lula are Elmore Drane Bailey and Joseph Pennington Bailey.
Evening Star
26 November 1941, page 24
Funeral Services Today For Harry O. Bailey Sr.
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at Sardo's funeral home, 412 H street N.E., for Harry Oliver Bailey, sr., who died Monday at his home 814 Fifth street N.E.
Masonic services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Angel Hill Cemetery, Harve de Grace, Md., where he will be buried.
Mr. Bailey was born here March 24, 1863, son of William H. and Margaret A. Bailey. His father was a chairman of the Board of Trustees at Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Bailey was employed for a number of years at the Capitol as inspector of the gas and electric systems. He retired in 1937.
He was the third generation of his family to be a member of the Washington Centennial Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member for more than 50 years. He also was a member of the La Fayette Chapter, Washington Commandery, No. 1; Almas Temple, and the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District. Surviving Mr. Bailey are his widow, Mrs. Lula P. Bailey; three son, Capt. Harry O. Bailey, jr., of the District Fire Department; Joseph P. Bailey and Elmore D. Bailey; a daughter, Mrs. Emily Trew, and a sister, Mrs. Louise McGaw.
He joined the fire dept in 1911 and retired in 1946 as a Battalion Chief,
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