Shawn Douglas Bailey
November 15, 1993 ~ July 30, 2021
Shawn Douglas Bailey, 27, of Loveville, MD, passed away on July 30, 2021 in Charlotte Hall, MD. Born on November 15, 1993 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the loving son of Joseph Alton Bailey III of Williston, FL and Dolly Lynn Green of Mechanicsville, MD.
Shawn was a lifelong St. Mary’s County resident, and graduated from Chopticon High School in 2012. He worked as a Produce Manager at McKay’s in Leonardtown, MD for two years.
For Shawn, life was an adventure. An aspiring banjo player, a proficient marksman, a collector of antiques, and a self-taught historian, Shawn had a good heart and helped people whenever he could. He had a passion for wildlife and enjoyed spending time in nature. Shawn had found true love in his life when Melody Russell accepted his hand in marriage. Their love for each other will live on forever.
The family will receive friends on Friday, August 13, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Morganza, MD, with Father Drew Royals officiating, accompanied by Deacon Joe Lloyd. Interment will follow at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen, MD. Serving as pallbearers will be Marcus Thompson, Sam Green, Joe Green, Chris Bailey, Keenan Hirzel, and Donny Miedzinski. Honorary pallbearers will be Colten Vann and Casey Frerichs.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. & Crematory, Leonardtown, MD.
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To the Bailey Family,
I didn’t know your son but I knew Melanie. I’m sorry for your loss. I will keep you in my prayers.
My heart goes out to Shawn’s loving family! I wish I had known him but if his family is any indication, he must have been a wonderful person! Shawn and Melody and their families will be in my thoughts and prayers!
To Joey and family – My prayers are with you. I will fondly remember the holidays spent with Shawn around the dinner table, playing games, and easter egg hunts. May they rest in peace.
Joe Boy, Karen, Bridgett, Shawn’s parents and Melody’s parents,
I am so very sorry for your loss.
For those who read this, I wish to tell you the following…
The Bailey family has a long history in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.
Loveville and Morganza is where my father, Wilmer and his brother Alton Bailey and their siblings grew up. Alton is Shawn’s great grandfather.
Joe, Karen, Ruthie, and Bridgett grew up there too, living just across the field and passed the barn from Shawn’s great great grandparents, Frank and Vertie Bailey, whom are our grandparents. Our line goes as far back as the 1600’s there in SMC. I’m proud of that, all of us are proud of that. We are all known for our big friendly smiles and easy going temperament. We never meet a stranger.
Tragedies such as have befallen your sweet Shawn and Melody is felt deeply by your family. We all love you. We all support you.
Shawn and Melody would have carried on the family name and I am sure made all of us very proud of the family they would have added to a long line of ancestors. I will make sure their names are in the Bailey Family Ancestry records.
I hope those ancestors are with them now, gathered around them as we gather around all of you in our sincere sympathy and grief. Let us help in any way we can. We’re always willing and able just as our ancestors were for one another.
God bless all of you and Shawn’s parents and Melody’s family. I wish I had met Melody. She certainly looks like she would have fit right in among the Bailey red heads.
Love,
Pat “Patsy” Bailey Leslie
I don’t know Shawn, but the story that I read of how he lost his life, is real sad to me. I would like to send my condolences to his remaining family. Your family will be in my prayers. May God continue to give you PEACE throughout all of this sadness.
Joe,and family so sorry for your loss,was really a good friend to me ,met him working at Mckays ,we always spoke and joked around .So sorry to hear of his passing.
To the Families of Shawn and Melody. I knew Shawn and his mother Dolly for the last 12 years or so, Shawn was just the sweetest, most caring, polite, lovely human being! He was raised with Love, and cared for with the utmost compassion. He was a true Light in the world. I wish for his family to find peace in his memory, their memories of him will forever keep his spirit alive! I know he loved Melody with all of his being, and may they rest together in eternity together in Love. Brightest of blessings of Peace to all of your families.
Shawn and Melody, we will all miss you so much.Shawn was Such fun to talk to on many subjects. Melody was such a nice person. I was so happy to be godmother to Shawn. I was so proud of him. He was so sweet and kind.I Love and miss them. They are together in heaven.
My deepest condolences to your family, Shawn was such a beautiful person, he will truly be missed. Yvonne