Erma Josephine Bailey

Asheville Erma Josephine Bailey, 89, went to be with her Lord Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. Mrs. Bailey was a native of Spartanburg, SC and had resided in Buncombe County for the past 58 years. She was a member of Good News Baptist Church. Mrs. Bailey was the daughter of the late Frazier and Myrtle Aileen Soesbee Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James William Bailey, Sr. Surviving are her children, Myrtle Jo Freeman and husband Ronald of Austin, TX, James William Bailey, Jr. of Asheville, Ernest Frazier Bailey and wife Jan of Six Mile, SC, and Mary Lindsey and husband Bill of Murrells Inlet, SC; grandchildren: Ronald Scott Freeman, Suzianne Marie McGolrick, Michelle Ann Black, Amanda Raines, Betty Jo Conard, Brian Keith Lindsey, and Sean Patrick Lindsey; and great-grandchildren:, Barrett Lindsey, Laurel Lindsey, Peyton Lindsey, Dalton Conard, Scarlet Conard, Richard Conard, Olivia Sarah McGolrick, Crystal Marie Hollingsworth, Kerry Wayne Ames and Tyler Wayne Ray Freeman;and great great grandchildren; Shelbie Nicole Leffler, Harley Gene Hollingsworth. No services are planned at this time.