James "Jimmy" Bailey

Funeral services for James "Jimmy" Bailey, age 72, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 17, 2024, at Union Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Keith Collins will officiate.

Mr. Bailey was born on April 2, 1952, in Swainsboro, Georgia to the late, Reford and Geraldine Hendricks Bailey. He was a lifelong farmer and livestock producer and former owner of Hogan Livestock. He was a retired area manager with Woodmen of the World. Jimmy was a devoted Christian, a member of Pleasant Springs Baptist Church and was an ordained deacon of the Baptist faith. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great friend to many. Jimmy enjoyed traveling, fishing, his cows, working, and doing anything he could to help out his friends. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Charlene Bailey. Jimmy passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at Memorial University Hospital in Savannah.

He is survived by his wife, Sue Warren Bailey of East Dublin; a son, Adam Bailey (Melanie) of Dudley; daughter, Allyson Bracewell (Jonathon) of Cedar Grove; two brothers, Larry Bailey of Wrightsville and David Bailey of Smithfield, VA; five grandchildren, Charlene Bracewell (Jacob Clark), Hannah Bracewell (Austin Clark), Henry Bracewell, Addison Bailey and Lane Bailey.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory.

Pallbearers will be Steve Graham, Lynn Mullis, David Warnock, Randall Warnock, Dale Fulghum, Ricky Warnock, Jonathan Senn and Terry Crooms. Honorary pallbearers will be George Gornto, Charles Scarbrough, Dale Watson, Kelvin Cauley, Richard Stanley, Bert Thigpen, Chuck Harden and John Webb.

Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of the funeral arrangements.