HAWESVILLE, Ky. — Evelyn Bailey, 87, of Hawesville, passed away May 20, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on Jan. 25, 1935, the daughter of the late Raymond and Maude Thomas Lyons.
Evelyn was a homemaker who enjoyed quilting, crocheting, working puzzle books and playing cards. She attended Union Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Bailey; brother, Junior Lyons; and sister, Etta Pile.
Evelyn is survived by seven children, David Ford, of Cloverport, Kentucky, Billy Ford, of Philpot, Kentucky, Tom Ford, Katherine Tindle, and Kathleen Dawson, of Hawesville, Margaret Wethington, of Lewisport, Kentucky, and Wilma Jean Noffsinger, of Hartford, Kentucky; 16 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter; and two sisters, Elsie Gray, of Hardinsburg, Kentucky, and Betty Fraze, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Funeral services will be held at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 24, at 11 a.m. with burial in the Custer Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Tuesday after 8:30 a.m.
Expressions of sympathy are suggested to Hospice of Western Kentucky.