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OBITUARY, March 2, 2011; Bluefield[WV] Daily Telegraph;
. . . BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Dr. Lucian Percy Bailey, 97, retired veterinarian who served the local community for more than 60 years, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at his home after a brief illness.
. Born Oct. 8, 1913 at Rock, W.Va., he was a son of the late Addison Crockett and Alice Shutt Bailey. Dr. Bailey was a member of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va.
. He graduated from Matoaka High School in 1933, attended Concord College, and graduated from Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1939. He then opened the Dog and Cat Hospital at 613 Virginia Avenue, the first veterinary office in Bluefield, Va.
. He was called into the U. S. Army Veterinary Corps in May 1941 and served until February 1946, achieving the rank of Captain. He helped establish the mounted military police at Camp Lee, Va., served as post veterinarian at the Army's Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Md. and was a food inspector, responsible for inspecting all food of animal origin that supplied the troops.
. After the war, in 1947, he built and opened the Animal Clinic in Bluefield, Va., the area's first modern veterinary facility, equipped with x-ray, laboratory and surgical rooms. He married Sadie Evelyn Johnston August 20, 1948.
. Throughout his career, he treated nearly every kind of animal, from monkeys and chinchillas to dogs, cats, horses, poultry, and all livestock animals. His large and small animal practice extended throughout a six-county area including local dairy and horse farms. In the course of his 60 years of practice he had first-hand experience in the effort to eradicate major animal epidemics including equine encephalomyelitis, hog cholera, and brucellosis.
. In response to the southwest Virginia rabies outbreak of the 1950s, he played an active role in organizing the rabies clinics in Tazewell County, participating in them from the 1950s until 1992, once vaccinating 1200 dogs in one day. He was a masterful surgeon, highly inventive, and designed many of his own surgical and clinical instruments. He was an advocate for scientific inquiry in the schools, helping students with special projects. He retired from practice in 1997, having pursued his love of veterinary science despite lifelong animal-related allergies.
. Dr. Bailey maintained a life membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Animal Hospital Association. He was also a member of the International Boer Goat Association and the American Dairy Goat Association.
. An expert horseman, he trained and showed jumping horses and Tennessee Walking horses and ponies for more than 30 years. He judged the first Southern Appalachian Horseshow in 1948 (later to become the Blue-Gray Horseshow) and served as show veterinarian for other shows. He was avid gardener, goat aficionado, loved to walk, and most recently, a water therapy devotee. Known by many as just "Doc," he was a mesmerizing storyteller, had a keen intellect and a life-long thirst for new knowledge. He displayed a kindness, generosity, courtesy and humility in his dealings with people that will long be remembered.
. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Sadie J. Bailey; two sisters, Violet Bailey Lacy and Dr. Meryleen Bailey Smith; two brothers, Otey H. Bailey who died as an infant, and Aubrey Crockett Bailey; one nephew, Leland Bailey Lacy; and one great-nephew, Kenneth C. Bailey.
. Survivors include two sons, Ovid L. Bailey and wife Mary of Kirkland, Wash. and Darrell L. Bailey and wife Herminia Din of Carmel, Ind.; two daughters, Carol A. Eubank and husband Keith of Virginia Beach, Va., and Connie L. Bailey of the home in Bluefield, Va.; five grandsons, Adam Bailey, Marshall Bailey, Phillip Bailey, Joshua Eubank, Shawn Eubank; one niece, Roberta Matney; one great-niece, Alice Bailey Nunn; and two nephews, James C. Bailey, and Moffett A. Smith.
. He viewed caregivers as his extended family and was deeply grateful and appreciative of their compassion and care of his beloved wife Sadie and himself.
. Funeral services, open to friends and the community, will be held Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Reverend Terry Goodman and William Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va. The family will receive friends at Dudley Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. tonight.
. Pallbearers will be David Inscore, Dr. Jerry Liles , Roger Marsh, Sam Minor, Hobert Parnell, Perry "Butch" Simpson and Dr. C. P. Vasudevan. Honorary pallbearers will be J. Glen Peery, Jimmy Dudley, Garland Bruce, Charles Compton, William Daniel, Ellis Johnson, Carl Gillespie Jr., and Dr. Bill Reynolds.
. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Tazewell County Animal Shelter, Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, or to Heifer International, P. O. Box 1692, Merrifield, VA 22116, a relief organization partly established by one of Dr. Bailey's classmates.
. Information submitted by Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield, Va.
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OBITUARY, March 2, 2011; Bluefield[WV] Daily Telegraph;
. . . BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Dr. Lucian Percy Bailey, 97, retired veterinarian who served the local community for more than 60 years, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at his home after a brief illness.
. Born Oct. 8, 1913 at Rock, W.Va., he was a son of the late Addison Crockett and Alice Shutt Bailey. Dr. Bailey was a member of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va.
. He graduated from Matoaka High School in 1933, attended Concord College, and graduated from Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1939. He then opened the Dog and Cat Hospital at 613 Virginia Avenue, the first veterinary office in Bluefield, Va.
. He was called into the U. S. Army Veterinary Corps in May 1941 and served until February 1946, achieving the rank of Captain. He helped establish the mounted military police at Camp Lee, Va., served as post veterinarian at the Army's Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Md. and was a food inspector, responsible for inspecting all food of animal origin that supplied the troops.
. After the war, in 1947, he built and opened the Animal Clinic in Bluefield, Va., the area's first modern veterinary facility, equipped with x-ray, laboratory and surgical rooms. He married Sadie Evelyn Johnston August 20, 1948.
. Throughout his career, he treated nearly every kind of animal, from monkeys and chinchillas to dogs, cats, horses, poultry, and all livestock animals. His large and small animal practice extended throughout a six-county area including local dairy and horse farms. In the course of his 60 years of practice he had first-hand experience in the effort to eradicate major animal epidemics including equine encephalomyelitis, hog cholera, and brucellosis.
. In response to the southwest Virginia rabies outbreak of the 1950s, he played an active role in organizing the rabies clinics in Tazewell County, participating in them from the 1950s until 1992, once vaccinating 1200 dogs in one day. He was a masterful surgeon, highly inventive, and designed many of his own surgical and clinical instruments. He was an advocate for scientific inquiry in the schools, helping students with special projects. He retired from practice in 1997, having pursued his love of veterinary science despite lifelong animal-related allergies.
. Dr. Bailey maintained a life membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Animal Hospital Association. He was also a member of the International Boer Goat Association and the American Dairy Goat Association.
. An expert horseman, he trained and showed jumping horses and Tennessee Walking horses and ponies for more than 30 years. He judged the first Southern Appalachian Horseshow in 1948 (later to become the Blue-Gray Horseshow) and served as show veterinarian for other shows. He was avid gardener, goat aficionado, loved to walk, and most recently, a water therapy devotee. Known by many as just "Doc," he was a mesmerizing storyteller, had a keen intellect and a life-long thirst for new knowledge. He displayed a kindness, generosity, courtesy and humility in his dealings with people that will long be remembered.
. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Sadie J. Bailey; two sisters, Violet Bailey Lacy and Dr. Meryleen Bailey Smith; two brothers, Otey H. Bailey who died as an infant, and Aubrey Crockett Bailey; one nephew, Leland Bailey Lacy; and one great-nephew, Kenneth C. Bailey.
. Survivors include two sons, Ovid L. Bailey and wife Mary of Kirkland, Wash. and Darrell L. Bailey and wife Herminia Din of Carmel, Ind.; two daughters, Carol A. Eubank and husband Keith of Virginia Beach, Va., and Connie L. Bailey of the home in Bluefield, Va.; five grandsons, Adam Bailey, Marshall Bailey, Phillip Bailey, Joshua Eubank, Shawn Eubank; one niece, Roberta Matney; one great-niece, Alice Bailey Nunn; and two nephews, James C. Bailey, and Moffett A. Smith.
. He viewed caregivers as his extended family and was deeply grateful and appreciative of their compassion and care of his beloved wife Sadie and himself.
. Funeral services, open to friends and the community, will be held Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Reverend Terry Goodman and William Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va. The family will receive friends at Dudley Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. tonight.
. Pallbearers will be David Inscore, Dr. Jerry Liles , Roger Marsh, Sam Minor, Hobert Parnell, Perry "Butch" Simpson and Dr. C. P. Vasudevan. Honorary pallbearers will be J. Glen Peery, Jimmy Dudley, Garland Bruce, Charles Compton, William Daniel, Ellis Johnson, Carl Gillespie Jr., and Dr. Bill Reynolds.
. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Tazewell County Animal Shelter, Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, or to Heifer International, P. O. Box 1692, Merrifield, VA 22116, a relief organization partly established by one of Dr. Bailey's classmates.
. Information submitted by Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield, Va.
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OBITUARY, March 2, 2011; Bluefield[WV] Daily Telegraph;
. . . BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Dr. Lucian Percy Bailey, 97, retired veterinarian who served the local community for more than 60 years, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at his home after a brief illness.
. Born Oct. 8, 1913 at Rock, W.Va., he was a son of the late Addison Crockett and Alice Shutt Bailey. Dr. Bailey was a member of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va.
. He graduated from Matoaka High School in 1933, attended Concord College, and graduated from Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1939. He then opened the Dog and Cat Hospital at 613 Virginia Avenue, the first veterinary office in Bluefield, Va.
. He was called into the U. S. Army Veterinary Corps in May 1941 and served until February 1946, achieving the rank of Captain. He helped establish the mounted military police at Camp Lee, Va., served as post veterinarian at the Army's Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Md. and was a food inspector, responsible for inspecting all food of animal origin that supplied the troops.
. After the war, in 1947, he built and opened the Animal Clinic in Bluefield, Va., the area's first modern veterinary facility, equipped with x-ray, laboratory and surgical rooms. He married Sadie Evelyn Johnston August 20, 1948.
. Throughout his career, he treated nearly every kind of animal, from monkeys and chinchillas to dogs, cats, horses, poultry, and all livestock animals. His large and small animal practice extended throughout a six-county area including local dairy and horse farms. In the course of his 60 years of practice he had first-hand experience in the effort to eradicate major animal epidemics including equine encephalomyelitis, hog cholera, and brucellosis.
. In response to the southwest Virginia rabies outbreak of the 1950s, he played an active role in organizing the rabies clinics in Tazewell County, participating in them from the 1950s until 1992, once vaccinating 1200 dogs in one day. He was a masterful surgeon, highly inventive, and designed many of his own surgical and clinical instruments. He was an advocate for scientific inquiry in the schools, helping students with special projects. He retired from practice in 1997, having pursued his love of veterinary science despite lifelong animal-related allergies.
. Dr. Bailey maintained a life membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Animal Hospital Association. He was also a member of the International Boer Goat Association and the American Dairy Goat Association.
. An expert horseman, he trained and showed jumping horses and Tennessee Walking horses and ponies for more than 30 years. He judged the first Southern Appalachian Horseshow in 1948 (later to become the Blue-Gray Horseshow) and served as show veterinarian for other shows. He was avid gardener, goat aficionado, loved to walk, and most recently, a water therapy devotee. Known by many as just "Doc," he was a mesmerizing storyteller, had a keen intellect and a life-long thirst for new knowledge. He displayed a kindness, generosity, courtesy and humility in his dealings with people that will long be remembered.
. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Sadie J. Bailey; two sisters, Violet Bailey Lacy and Dr. Meryleen Bailey Smith; two brothers, Otey H. Bailey who died as an infant, and Aubrey Crockett Bailey; one nephew, Leland Bailey Lacy; and one great-nephew, Kenneth C. Bailey.
. Survivors include two sons, Ovid L. Bailey and wife Mary of Kirkland, Wash. and Darrell L. Bailey and wife Herminia Din of Carmel, Ind.; two daughters, Carol A. Eubank and husband Keith of Virginia Beach, Va., and Connie L. Bailey of the home in Bluefield, Va.; five grandsons, Adam Bailey, Marshall Bailey, Phillip Bailey, Joshua Eubank, Shawn Eubank; one niece, Roberta Matney; one great-niece, Alice Bailey Nunn; and two nephews, James C. Bailey, and Moffett A. Smith.
. He viewed caregivers as his extended family and was deeply grateful and appreciative of their compassion and care of his beloved wife Sadie and himself.
. Funeral services, open to friends and the community, will be held Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Reverend Terry Goodman and William Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va. The family will receive friends at Dudley Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. tonight.
. Pallbearers will be David Inscore, Dr. Jerry Liles , Roger Marsh, Sam Minor, Hobert Parnell, Perry "Butch" Simpson and Dr. C. P. Vasudevan. Honorary pallbearers will be J. Glen Peery, Jimmy Dudley, Garland Bruce, Charles Compton, William Daniel, Ellis Johnson, Carl Gillespie Jr., and Dr. Bill Reynolds.
. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Tazewell County Animal Shelter, Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, or to Heifer International, P. O. Box 1692, Merrifield, VA 22116, a relief organization partly established by one of Dr. Bailey's classmates.
. Information submitted by Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield, Va.
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OBITUARY, March 2, 2011; Bluefield[WV] Daily Telegraph;
. . . BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Dr. Lucian Percy Bailey, 97, retired veterinarian who served the local community for more than 60 years, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at his home after a brief illness.
. Born Oct. 8, 1913 at Rock, W.Va., he was a son of the late Addison Crockett and Alice Shutt Bailey. Dr. Bailey was a member of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va.
. He graduated from Matoaka High School in 1933, attended Concord College, and graduated from Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1939. He then opened the Dog and Cat Hospital at 613 Virginia Avenue, the first veterinary office in Bluefield, Va.
. He was called into the U. S. Army Veterinary Corps in May 1941 and served until February 1946, achieving the rank of Captain. He helped establish the mounted military police at Camp Lee, Va., served as post veterinarian at the Army's Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Md. and was a food inspector, responsible for inspecting all food of animal origin that supplied the troops.
. After the war, in 1947, he built and opened the Animal Clinic in Bluefield, Va., the area's first modern veterinary facility, equipped with x-ray, laboratory and surgical rooms. He married Sadie Evelyn Johnston August 20, 1948.
. Throughout his career, he treated nearly every kind of animal, from monkeys and chinchillas to dogs, cats, horses, poultry, and all livestock animals. His large and small animal practice extended throughout a six-county area including local dairy and horse farms. In the course of his 60 years of practice he had first-hand experience in the effort to eradicate major animal epidemics including equine encephalomyelitis, hog cholera, and brucellosis.
. In response to the southwest Virginia rabies outbreak of the 1950s, he played an active role in organizing the rabies clinics in Tazewell County, participating in them from the 1950s until 1992, once vaccinating 1200 dogs in one day. He was a masterful surgeon, highly inventive, and designed many of his own surgical and clinical instruments. He was an advocate for scientific inquiry in the schools, helping students with special projects. He retired from practice in 1997, having pursued his love of veterinary science despite lifelong animal-related allergies.
. Dr. Bailey maintained a life membership in the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Animal Hospital Association. He was also a member of the International Boer Goat Association and the American Dairy Goat Association.
. An expert horseman, he trained and showed jumping horses and Tennessee Walking horses and ponies for more than 30 years. He judged the first Southern Appalachian Horseshow in 1948 (later to become the Blue-Gray Horseshow) and served as show veterinarian for other shows. He was avid gardener, goat aficionado, loved to walk, and most recently, a water therapy devotee. Known by many as just "Doc," he was a mesmerizing storyteller, had a keen intellect and a life-long thirst for new knowledge. He displayed a kindness, generosity, courtesy and humility in his dealings with people that will long be remembered.
. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Sadie J. Bailey; two sisters, Violet Bailey Lacy and Dr. Meryleen Bailey Smith; two brothers, Otey H. Bailey who died as an infant, and Aubrey Crockett Bailey; one nephew, Leland Bailey Lacy; and one great-nephew, Kenneth C. Bailey.
. Survivors include two sons, Ovid L. Bailey and wife Mary of Kirkland, Wash. and Darrell L. Bailey and wife Herminia Din of Carmel, Ind.; two daughters, Carol A. Eubank and husband Keith of Virginia Beach, Va., and Connie L. Bailey of the home in Bluefield, Va.; five grandsons, Adam Bailey, Marshall Bailey, Phillip Bailey, Joshua Eubank, Shawn Eubank; one niece, Roberta Matney; one great-niece, Alice Bailey Nunn; and two nephews, James C. Bailey, and Moffett A. Smith.
. He viewed caregivers as his extended family and was deeply grateful and appreciative of their compassion and care of his beloved wife Sadie and himself.
. Funeral services, open to friends and the community, will be held Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Reverend Terry Goodman and William Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va. The family will receive friends at Dudley Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. tonight.
. Pallbearers will be David Inscore, Dr. Jerry Liles , Roger Marsh, Sam Minor, Hobert Parnell, Perry "Butch" Simpson and Dr. C. P. Vasudevan. Honorary pallbearers will be J. Glen Peery, Jimmy Dudley, Garland Bruce, Charles Compton, William Daniel, Ellis Johnson, Carl Gillespie Jr., and Dr. Bill Reynolds.
. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Tazewell County Animal Shelter, Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, or to Heifer International, P. O. Box 1692, Merrifield, VA 22116, a relief organization partly established by one of Dr. Bailey's classmates.
. Information submitted by Dudley Memorial Mortuary of Bluefield, Va.
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