Seldon Ralph Bailey

Seldon Ralph Bailey (son of Inghrum Bailey and Hattie Ann Canterbury) was born on May 10, 1923 in Arista, Mercer, West Virginia.  He died in August 1984 in Kopperston, Wyoming, West Virginia.  He married Mary Elizabeth Lamb (daughter of Okey Johnson Lamb and Goldie Bailey) on February 24, 1951 in Wyoming County, West Virginia.  She was born on April 21, 1931 in Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia.  She died on April 8, 2002 in Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia.

Seldon Ralph Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Lamb were buried in Palm Memorial Gardens in Matheny, Wyoming, West Virginia.

Children of Seldon Ralph Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Lamb

1.  Barbara Bailey

2.  Ralph Bailey

Notes:

Seldon enlisted in the military on January 30, 1942 during WWII.

Mary Lamb's birth certificate states she was born in Oceana, WV, but her obituary states she was born in Bolt, WV.

Sources:

1930 Census:  Slab Fort, Wyoming, West Virginia (2)

1940 Census:  Oceana, Wyoming, West Virginia

Marriage Record - Seldon R. Bailey and Mary Lamb

World War II Enlistment Record - Seldon R. Bailey

Find A Grave - Seldon Ralph Bailey 

Find A Grave - Mary Elizabeth Lamb Bailey

Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Lamb Bailey

Mary Elizabeth Lamb-Bailey, 70, of Oceana died on Monday, April 8, 2002, in Princeton Community Hospital following a long illness. Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker and a member of Toneda Baptist Church.
She was born on April 21, 1931 in Bolt to the late Okey Johnson Lamb  and Goldie Bailey-Lamb. She was preceded in death by her husband, Seldon Ralph Bailey; two brothers, David "Harold" Lamb and Bernard Lamb; and four sisters, Ruby Lamb-Parker, Hazel Agnes Lamb-Evans, Virginia Lou Lamb-Walker and Iris Lamb-Cline.
Survivors include a son, Ralph Bailey & wife Pennie Bailey of Trinity, NC; a daughter, Barbara Bailey-Snuffer & husband Gary Snuffer of Kopperston; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Graham & husband Robbie Graham of Kopperston, Sarah Snuffer of Kopperston, Jason Bailey and Lauren Bailey, both of Trinity; a great-granddaughter, Danielle Graham of Kopperston; a brother, Franklin "Frank" Lamb of Rosedale, CA; and two sisters, Nancy M. Lamb-Bailey of Oceana and Helen Lamb-Rollins of Virginia Beach, VA.
Service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Adam Toler Memorial Chapel, Oceana, with the Rev. Ron Lee officiating. Entombment will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Matheny.

Obituary of Inghrum Bailey -- 1979

Obituary of Nancy M. Bailey - Evans Calfee Funeral Home -- December 2020

Social Security Death Index - Seldon Bailey