Thelma Bailey

Graveside service for Thelma Ruth Elkins Bailey, 79, of Cleburne will be conducted at 9:30 A.M., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 in Keene Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Benjie Leach will officiate. Visitation will be from 6-8:00 P.M., Tuesday, at the funeral home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. in the Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastor Phil Robertson will officiate.

Mrs. Bailey passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Ft. Worth. She was born March 21, 1934 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas to Walter and Blanche Brock Stienbarger. She married Dr. Ralph Bailey on June 19, 2005 in Keene.

Mrs. Bailey worked as a senior claims specialist for State Farm Insurance Co., retiring in 1998 with 26 1/2 years of service. She was known for her devotion to her church and her amazing gift of hospitality. She was a member of Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. Ralph Bailey of Keene; three children, Ruth Elkins Sopha and husband Rick of Paradise, Calif., David Elkins of Austin and James Elkins and wife Amy of Burleson; two step children, Doris Ann Bailey Bates and husband Denton and Dwaine Bailey; four grandchildren, Haley Tredwell and husband Richard, Rachel Sopha, Nick Elkins and Chris Elkins; one step grandchild, Jason Hall and wife Lanesa; two step great-grandchildren, Chloe Hall and Karsten Hall; three sibilings, Vernon Stienbarger and wife Kathy, Caroline Stienbarger Haddock and husband Donald and Larry Stienbarger and wife Jackie; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband, Wendell Elkins in 2001; two brothers and one sister.


Memorials may be made to the: Southwestern Adventist University Student Scholarship Fund, 100 W. Hillcrest, Keene, Texas 76059 or
www.iamsouthwestern.thankyou4caring.org/giveagift.

Visitation

Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Funeral Home
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
6:00-8:00 P.M.
Map to Visitation Location

Service

Graveside
Graveside
Keene, TX
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
9:30 A.M.

Interment

Keene Memorial Park
301 Pioneer Dr.
Keene , TX 76059
Map to Interment Location

Memorial Contributions

Southwestern Adventist University
Student Scholarship Fund
100 W. Hillcrest
Keene, TX 76059