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life of edith pearl armstrong bailey

January 24, 2015

Born on Bridge Run to a farmer and his wife Earl and Opal Mick, Edith was the oldest of five girls. Taught from an early age to work hard, be honest and love the Lord. Edith began working at the St. Joseph Hospital in Buckhannon. Got married to L.C. Armstrong at the age of 20. Had her first child at the age of 25, a son, Leonard D Armstrong. They moved Anmoore, WV in 1946. The next year a daughter was born in 1947, Dora A. Susie Armstrong. Edith went to work at the St. Marys Hospital in 1959 as a Nursing Aid, she continued to work until 1988. In 1968 her first husband passed away and she remarried in 1971 to Jesse Ray Bailey. They remained married until 1996 when Ray passed away in November. Edith continued to go to church and serve the Lord, she attended church faithfully until her body started showing signs of Osteoprosis, which took its toll on her body. she fell in 2013 and broke her leg, and had to go to the nursing home. The leg never healed. Edith spent her last years teaching and testifing to the friends she made at the nursing home. She looked forward to the bible sessions they would have each week. Edith went to the Lord on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7, 2015.