Leon Bailey

LEON "DOC" BAILEY IDAHO FALLS, ID - Leon “Doc” Bailey, 80, of Idaho Falls, died January 21, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, of natural causes. He was born August 28, 1923, in Miller, Arkansas, to Julian Bailey and Pearl Hazelwood Bailey. He attended Post Oak Schools and Greers Ferry schools, then High School in Heber Springs, Arkansas. He also attended two years of Business college in Chillicothe, Missouri. He married Hazel M. Rossback August 28, 1946, in Dillon, Montana. He worked as a potato buyer, then in road construction as a heavy equipment operator from 1952 until retirement. He was a member of the Post Oak Baptist Church, where all his family had attended. He was also one of the oldest living members of the Eagles Lodge in Idaho Falls. He enjoyed sports of all kinds, and enjoyed going to Nevada to play poker. Surviving are: Wife: Hazel Bailey, Idaho Falls, ID Son: Leon K. Bailey, Idaho Falls, ID 5 Nieces and 3 nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Opal B. Stark, and 2 brothers, Oather and Kenneth Bailey. Funeral Services will be at 12:30 p.m Saturday, January 24, 2004, at the Fielding Memorial Park, , with Pastor Steve Winters of the Falls Southern Baptist Church officiating. The family will visit with friends from 11:00 to 12:00 Noon at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park under the direction of Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83402-4092 Phone: (208) 522-2751 FAX: 522-5413.