The Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces Funeral Services for Carlton Harold Bailey, age 91 of Jackson, Michigan (formerly Hiawassee, Georgia) who passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020.
Funeral Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2020 at McConnell Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Steve Taylor and Rev. Danny Byers officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 am until 2:30 pm on Monday at Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee. Military Honors will be presented by the North Georgia Honor Guard. Graveside Services and Interment will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Green Meadow Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Conyers, Georgia. Firefighter Honors will be presented by DeKalb County Fire Department.
Chief Bailey will be dearly remembered by all who knew him, but especially missed by his family: son & daughter-in-law, Scott & Sharon Bailey; grandchildren, Alison Bearer and Katie Bailey; great grandchildren, Austin Rogers and Emily Furr; sister-in-law, Shirley Bettis; and brother & sister-in-law, Ed & Patti Young. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 55 years, Hazel Young Bailey; parents, Walter Edward & Lilly Mae Bailey; brothers, Edward Bailey, Willis Bailey, James Bailey, J.H. Bailey; and sisters, Lillian Page and Gladys Portwood.