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| 1935 |
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RAY WAS BORN ON PEEL CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN ON
SEPTEMBER 9, 1935. HIS FATHER WAS (FRANK MARLEN BAILEY)
HIS MOTHER WAS (DELLA WOODS BAILEY)
RAY HAD FIVE BROTHERS:
EVERETTE BAILEY
WALTER (BUD) BAILEY
DONNIE BAILEY
GEORGE (CHARLIE) BAILEY
WILLIAM BAILEY-DECEASED
RAY HAD THREE SISTERS
LENA MILLER
JUDY CLOWERS
PHYLLIS PEARCEY
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| 1935-UNTIL??? |
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RAY AS A YOUNG BOY
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Ray was kicKed by a horse in the face and
was in a coma for the next nine months.
He was 7 years old at the time.
They place a steel plate in right side
of his face and placed drainage tubes under his eye
. He was not able to attend school that much after that.
He attended northfork school.
I don't what years.
Angels
When Angels sense you need them,
And Angels always do
They come, unseen, from everywhere
To help and comfort you.
They hover close beside you
'Till all your cares are gone,
'Till they can see you're ready
Once again to carry on.
Then some of them may fly away
And take their gentle touch
To other hearts that need the love
Of Angels very much.
But one, at least, stays with you
As your constant friend and guide,
For Guardian Angels never leave,
They're always at your side.
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| UNKNOWN TIME |
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THIS IS NORTHFORK SCHOOL
WHERE RAY WENT TO SCHOOL.
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| 1953-1973 |
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RAY BEGAN WORKING IN THE COALMINES IN 1953 AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE WAS INJURED IN A MINING ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 26, 1973. HE WORKED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MINES UNTIL 1968, WHEN HE BEGAN WORK WITH
US STEEL AT GARY WV. HE WAS INJURED WHILE WORKING US STEEL. HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK.
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| 1959-1974 |
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RAY MET AND MARRIED DORTHY PANNEL BAILEY ON SEPT 3, 1960.
THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN
DEBORAH LYNN (BAILEY) fOLKS
TRAVIS FOLKS
AMANDA (FOLKS) PROFJTT
FREDDIE RAY BAILEY-
NO CHILDREN
TERESA ANNETTE (BAILEY) HARLESS
ANGEL(HARLESS) LONG
SHEENA AND ERIC HARLESS (DECEASED)
RAVEN --2006 (DECEASED)
REBECCA ANN (BAILEY) HUDGINS
GREGORY HUDGINS
MATTHEW HUDGINS
DAKOTA HUDGINS
SHAWNA RONI HUDGINS
RONALD DEAN BAILEY
NO CHILDREN
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| RAY PULLING MATTHEW AND GREG IN THE WAGON WITH THE LAWNMOWER |
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| 1973 |
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ON DECEMBER 26, 1973, RAY WAS IN A MINING ACCIDENT. IT BROKE HIS BACK IN 3 PLACES, HIS LEGS AND ANKLE WERE INJURED. A MOTOR RAN AWAY AND HIT RAY AND SOME OTHER MEN THREW THEM 350 FEET. hE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR OVER NINE MONTHS TO START WITH. THE SURGERIES AND ALL THE TREATMENT THAT WAS NECESSARY.
THERE WAS NERVE DAMAGE THAT WENT ALONG WITH THIS INJURY. HE STILL FELT THE EFFECT OF THE INJURY UNTIL
HE DIED ON MAY 9,2006.
IF THERE IS SOMEONE THAT KNOWS
MORE PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN UPDATE.
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| 1974-1980 |
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HE FOUGHT FOR HIS DISABILITY FROM 1974 TO 1980 . IN MARCH OF 1980 HE WAS AWARDED HIS DISABILITY. SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS LATER. |
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| RAY'S GRANDSON, MATTHEW AND ALLISON |
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| This is the House on Jugneck Rd. |
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| 1985-1992 |
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RAY AND DOROTHY MOVE INTO THE HOUSE ON
JUGNECK RD IN BLUEFIELD.
WHERE HE LIVED WITH DOROTHY UNTIL
SHE DIED ON AUGUST 19,1992.
SHE DIED WITH CANCER.
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| tHIS IS RAY WHEN WE MET |
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| JUNE 1993 |
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RAY MET ME (JOYCE COATES) BAILEY ON JUNE 21,1993 AT DICK'S SWISSBURGER AT APPROXIMATELY 2AM. CONNIE (MY SISTER) WORKED THERE AT THE TIME AND INTRODUCED US. i WASN'T LOOKING AND NEITHER WAS HE. ONCE WE BEGIN TO TALK TO EACH OTHER WE FOUND THAT WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON. MY HUSBAND DIED ON AUGUST 4, 1992 AND I WAS GRIEVING VERY HARD AND SO WAS HE. HE MISSED DOROTHY SO BAD THAT HE WASN'T EATING OR SLEEPING AND HIS HEALTH WAS NOT GOOD.
I HAD COME TO HELP MY MOTHER THAT HAD BEEN SICK AND RAY CALLED ME AT MOM'S AND ASK IF I WANTED TO GO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT, I AGREED AND WE WENT TO DINNER ON FRIDAY. I LEFT TO GO HOME ON SUNDAY AND HE ASKED ME TO MEET HIM IN PRINCETON AT HARDEE. HE MET ME AND SAID GOOD-BYE AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME I ALREADY HAD A MESSSAGE FROM HIM. RAY GAVE ME BACK A LIFE THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER HAVE AGAIN. I KNEW BY THE TIME I LEFT THAT I LOVED HIM. I WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH UNTIL I WAS LOSING HIM. |
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| 10/1993 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED |
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| OCTOBER 2 1993 |
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RAY AND I HAD CALLED EACH OTHER AND TALKED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND RAY ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM IN SEPTEMBER. HE SAID HE LOVED ME AND THAT HE FELT THAT GOD HAD PUT US TOGETHER, SO DID I. ON 10/02/1993 RAY AND I WERE MARRIED BY STEVE POORE IN HIS CHURCH IN GREEN VALLEY. IT WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF OUR LIVES. HE GAINED 3 STEPCHILDREN AND 10 STEPGRANDCHILDREN.
VICKI (COATES) WALKER
BRITTANY GAIL WALKER
JOHN MICHAEL WALKER
JESSE ADAM WALKER
LISA COATES
BRANDON LEE ROBBINS
CARL LEE ROBBINS jr
DAVID COATES
DAVID Aaron COATES
SAMMY RICKY COATES
JOSHUA WATSON
MATTHEW GAVIN COATES
ANGELA JOANN COATES |
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| THIS IS RAY IN 2002, JUST BEFORE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER |
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| 2003 |
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RAY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN AUGUST IN 2002 . HE BEGAN HIS TREATMENTS IN JANUARY 2003. THEY MADE HIM SO SICK. AT THE SAME TIME MY DAD WAS SICK. HE FINISHED HIS 47 TREATMENT OF RADIATION IN THE FIRST PART OF APRIL AND DAD DIED ON APRIL 30, 2003. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR RAY I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE HANDLED IT. I WAS SO GLAD WHEN THEY SAID HE WAS IN REMISSION. THE CANCER NEVER CAME BACK. |
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| THIS IS RAYS LAST CHRISTMAS 2005- WITH HIS FAMILY |
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| 2005-2006 |
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RAY BEGAN TO GET SICK IN APRIL OF 2005. HE SPENT 3 DAYS IN APRIL AND THEN AGAIN IN JUNE HE SPENT 21 DAYS IN BLUEFIED REGIONAL W/PNEUMONIA. HE WAS STILL SICK UNTIL OCTOBER 13th WHEN HE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS CRITICAL. HE SPENT 25 DAYS AND THEN THEY SENT HIM TO CHARLESTON HOSPITAL(select specialty hospitality) he stayed 9 days there and i made them send him home. we came home and 3 days he was back in the hospital again. he never came home until the 23rd of december for christmas. he went back to the hospital in january for about 2 weeks was home a week and then went back on Feb. 2nd and stayed until March 7th. he stayed home until the 19th of march. when he went back he never came out. |
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| OUR LAST PICTUE TAKEN TOGETHER |
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| MAY 2-9 2006 |
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ON WEDNESDAY THE 2nd OF MAY RAY DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE TRACH DONE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL HIM. HE TOLD THE DR. HIMSELF THAT HE COULDN'T LIVE WITH IT AND HE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT. THEY DID THE SURGERY ON THRUSDAY AND ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AROUND 2 AM HE BEGAN TO HAVE TROUBLE. THEY ALMOST LOST HIM THEN.
HE WENT INTO A COMA AND DIDN'T COME OUT UNTIL 2 AM ON SATURDAY MORNING AND HE WAS ABLE TO TALK TO HIS CHILDREN.. FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THERE WAS SO MUCH CONFUSION THAT NO ONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING .
ON MONDAY NIGHT HE HAD BEGAN TO SWELL AND OTHER HORIBLE THINGS HAD BEGAN TO HAPPEN TO HIM THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD SEEN EXCEPT THE DR AND NURSES THAT CARED FOR HIM. I WALKED THE FLOOR AND CRIED AND PRAYED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. RAY HAD TOLD ME WHAT HE WANTED. HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO LIVE FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD AND WHEN THERE WAS NO HOPE TO LET HIM GO THAT HE WAS READY.
WHEN HE DIED SO DID I. I DON'T HAVE A LIFE WITHOUT HIM, ONLY AN EXISTANCE. |
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