Harvey I. Bailey

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 9:30 AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Francis Early officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: Public visitation will be held on Friday, October 21, 2005 from 4 - 8 PM in the funeral home with prayers being said at 7:00 PM. Harvey Ignatius "Bill" Bailey, 82, of Avenue, MD passed away 19 October 2005 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home after a lengthy illness following a stroke. Born 4 February 1923 to Francis Harvey and Marie Mattingly Bailey of Chestnut Hill Farm in Avenue. He was a life long resident of St. Mary's County. He attended Sacred Heart School in Bushwood and graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1941. He served on the Destroyer, DD 125 USN Tattnall during WWII and received his honorable discharge in 1945. Postwar he came home to the family farm to help his father. In the ensuing years he served the community in the Farm Bureau, the ASC office, the 7th District Optimist Club, the VFW; then his 2 passions Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department and American Legion Post 221, where he served a multitude of officers over the years. On November 20, 1954 he married Ms. Mary Rose Woodburn of Bushwood. They adopted their sons Michael in 1963 and Mark in 1965, whom survive him and are grateful to all their friends and family. His interests were serving his church, the farm, the VFD, Post 221, a good ballgame, a good movie, especially John Wayne and Andy Griffith, fast cars, good stories and especially a good joke, always with a smile and sparkle in his eye. In later years he tinkered about the farm on projects and guided the farm on projects and guided the farm operation now run by his son Michael. He thoroughly enjoyed his son Michael's horses and the cavalry unit in which he rides. In the horses it brought back many memories for dad as a youth. We would often find him leaning on a fence post watching them. The cavalry unit will be providing a special tribute to him, as well as Navy honors and the Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department, along with Departments from across the state. The family will receive friends on Friday, October 21, 2005 from 4:00 â?? 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where prayers will be said ay 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 9:30 AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Francis Early officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be George McWilliams, John Nelson, Sr., Anthony Hammett, Leon Zimmerman, Michael Huseman, John "Speedy" Nelson, Jr., Rusty Lacey and Doug Santschi. Honorary Pallbearers will be the remaining members of the department and American Legion Post 221. Contributions may be made to Seventh District Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 206, Avenue, MD 20609, Seventh District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609 and/or American Legion Post 221, 21690 Coltons Point Road, P.O. Box 98, Avenue, MD 20609. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.