Dr. A. M. Bailey, Sr. dies at age 99
Dr. A.M. Bailey, Sr., a retired veterinarian and World War I veteran died of heart failure Sunday at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital. He was 99 years old.
Dr. Bailey practiced veterinary medicine in Winona for over 40 years. He also served as alderman and president of the Winona Chamber of Commerce.
One of the town's most prominent citizens for decades , he came to Winona in 1920 after graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Fayetteville, Ark. Before his death, he was the oldest living graduate of that institution. He was also was the oldest member of the Mississippi Medical Association.
During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a farrier – an expert horseman - in the 25th Army Hospital Unit, training army medical doctors to ride horses. Worried the war would end before he could serve his country, Dr. Bailey declined to wait for an officer's commission.
"In 1917 he sailed out of Norfolk, Va. on a ship carrying horses to Europe" said his son, John Bailey of Germantown, Tenn. "He was in charge of 100 men and 200 horses. They had just arrived in Nice, France when the war ended.
He returned to civilian life, but remained active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. He served in the American Legion for 73 years and was its second commander.
Among his many interests and activities, Dr. Bailey, in 1925 briefly owned and operated a radio station which he built himself. "I think he had the first radio station in Winona," his son said.
"He was a very outgoing person. One thing I always admired about him was that, while he talked happily about past events, he never had anything bad to say about any person. He never talked about people in a negative way. Never," John Bailey said.
Dr. Bailey also was involved in the country music business during the 1920's. At that time, he was contacted by RCA Talking records, and worked helping find musical groups for that label. He was recognized as a pioneer in country music in a 1977 edition of London, England's Country Music Times.
Andy Bailey, the doctor's other son, said his father also invented veterinarian instruments, among his many other activities. "He was a pistol of a man who was involved in so many things. He led a very interesting life."
Dr. Bailey also had been an honorary colonel on the staffs of former Govs., Thomas L. Bailey, Fielding Wright, Hugh White and John Bell Williams. "That was a very big honor in those days, and he was very proud of that," his son recalled.
The Winona Times
Winona, MS
May 1993
Dr. A.M. Bailey, Sr., a retired veterinarian and World War I veteran died of heart failure Sunday at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital. He was 99 years old.
Dr. Bailey practiced veterinary medicine in Winona for over 40 years. He also served as alderman and president of the Winona Chamber of Commerce.
One of the town's most prominent citizens for decades , he came to Winona in 1920 after graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Fayetteville, Ark. Before his death, he was the oldest living graduate of that institution. He was also was the oldest member of the Mississippi Medical Association.
During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a farrier – an expert horseman - in the 25th Army Hospital Unit, training army medical doctors to ride horses. Worried the war would end before he could serve his country, Dr. Bailey declined to wait for an officer's commission.
"In 1917 he sailed out of Norfolk, Va. on a ship carrying horses to Europe" said his son, John Bailey of Germantown, Tenn. "He was in charge of 100 men and 200 horses. They had just arrived in Nice, France when the war ended.
He returned to civilian life, but remained active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. He served in the American Legion for 73 years and was its second commander.
Among his many interests and activities, Dr. Bailey, in 1925 briefly owned and operated a radio station which he built himself. "I think he had the first radio station in Winona," his son said.
"He was a very outgoing person. One thing I always admired about him was that, while he talked happily about past events, he never had anything bad to say about any person. He never talked about people in a negative way. Never," John Bailey said.
Dr. Bailey also was involved in the country music business during the 1920's. At that time, he was contacted by RCA Talking records, and worked helping find musical groups for that label. He was recognized as a pioneer in country music in a 1977 edition of London, England's Country Music Times.
Andy Bailey, the doctor's other son, said his father also invented veterinarian instruments, among his many other activities. "He was a pistol of a man who was involved in so many things. He led a very interesting life."
Dr. Bailey also had been an honorary colonel on the staffs of former Govs., Thomas L. Bailey, Fielding Wright, Hugh White and John Bell Williams. "That was a very big honor in those days, and he was very proud of that," his son recalled.
The Winona Times
Winona, MS
May 1993
Dr. A. M. Bailey, Sr. dies at age 99
Dr. A.M. Bailey, Sr., a retired veterinarian and World War I veteran died of heart failure Sunday at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital. He was 99 years old.
Dr. Bailey practiced veterinary medicine in Winona for over 40 years. He also served as alderman and president of the Winona Chamber of Commerce.
One of the town's most prominent citizens for decades , he came to Winona in 1920 after graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Fayetteville, Ark. Before his death, he was the oldest living graduate of that institution. He was also was the oldest member of the Mississippi Medical Association.
During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a farrier – an expert horseman - in the 25th Army Hospital Unit, training army medical doctors to ride horses. Worried the war would end before he could serve his country, Dr. Bailey declined to wait for an officer's commission.
"In 1917 he sailed out of Norfolk, Va. on a ship carrying horses to Europe" said his son, John Bailey of Germantown, Tenn. "He was in charge of 100 men and 200 horses. They had just arrived in Nice, France when the war ended.
He returned to civilian life, but remained active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. He served in the American Legion for 73 years and was its second commander.
Among his many interests and activities, Dr. Bailey, in 1925 briefly owned and operated a radio station which he built himself. "I think he had the first radio station in Winona," his son said.
"He was a very outgoing person. One thing I always admired about him was that, while he talked happily about past events, he never had anything bad to say about any person. He never talked about people in a negative way. Never," John Bailey said.
Dr. Bailey also was involved in the country music business during the 1920's. At that time, he was contacted by RCA Talking records, and worked helping find musical groups for that label. He was recognized as a pioneer in country music in a 1977 edition of London, England's Country Music Times.
Andy Bailey, the doctor's other son, said his father also invented veterinarian instruments, among his many other activities. "He was a pistol of a man who was involved in so many things. He led a very interesting life."
Dr. Bailey also had been an honorary colonel on the staffs of former Govs., Thomas L. Bailey, Fielding Wright, Hugh White and John Bell Williams. "That was a very big honor in those days, and he was very proud of that," his son recalled.
The Winona Times
Winona, MS
May 1993
Dr. A.M. Bailey, Sr., a retired veterinarian and World War I veteran died of heart failure Sunday at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital. He was 99 years old.
Dr. Bailey practiced veterinary medicine in Winona for over 40 years. He also served as alderman and president of the Winona Chamber of Commerce.
One of the town's most prominent citizens for decades , he came to Winona in 1920 after graduating from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Fayetteville, Ark. Before his death, he was the oldest living graduate of that institution. He was also was the oldest member of the Mississippi Medical Association.
During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army as a farrier – an expert horseman - in the 25th Army Hospital Unit, training army medical doctors to ride horses. Worried the war would end before he could serve his country, Dr. Bailey declined to wait for an officer's commission.
"In 1917 he sailed out of Norfolk, Va. on a ship carrying horses to Europe" said his son, John Bailey of Germantown, Tenn. "He was in charge of 100 men and 200 horses. They had just arrived in Nice, France when the war ended.
He returned to civilian life, but remained active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. He served in the American Legion for 73 years and was its second commander.
Among his many interests and activities, Dr. Bailey, in 1925 briefly owned and operated a radio station which he built himself. "I think he had the first radio station in Winona," his son said.
"He was a very outgoing person. One thing I always admired about him was that, while he talked happily about past events, he never had anything bad to say about any person. He never talked about people in a negative way. Never," John Bailey said.
Dr. Bailey also was involved in the country music business during the 1920's. At that time, he was contacted by RCA Talking records, and worked helping find musical groups for that label. He was recognized as a pioneer in country music in a 1977 edition of London, England's Country Music Times.
Andy Bailey, the doctor's other son, said his father also invented veterinarian instruments, among his many other activities. "He was a pistol of a man who was involved in so many things. He led a very interesting life."
Dr. Bailey also had been an honorary colonel on the staffs of former Govs., Thomas L. Bailey, Fielding Wright, Hugh White and John Bell Williams. "That was a very big honor in those days, and he was very proud of that," his son recalled.
The Winona Times
Winona, MS
May 1993
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