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Richard Douglas Bayless, Jr.

Richard Douglas Bayless, Jr.
January 6, 1959 - January 26, 2007

Richard Douglas Bayless, Jr., 49, of Bruceton, died Friday, January 26, at Baptist Hospital in Huntingdon. Services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 28, at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Whitworth officiating. Burial followed in the Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock. Pallbearers serving were Quentin Allgood, Greg Hillard, Kelly Weatherford, John Beasley, Gary Wilson, and Lynn Cole. Honorary pallbearers were Jimmy Ford and Michael Pekarchick.

Mr. Bayless was born on January 6, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan. He was a boilermaker for Boilermaker Local #455, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a member of Bruceton First Baptist Church, and a member of Bruceton Lions Club.

He is survived by three daughters, Hannah Bayless of North Pole, Alaska, and Carly Bayless and Emily Pierce, both of Camden; two sons, Henry Bayless of Camden and Taylor Bayless of North Pole, Alaska; his parents, Richard (Dick) Bayless, Sr. and Bonnie Hurt Bayless; two sisters, Rosalee Bayless of Ocala, Florida, and Susan (Bob) Bouldin of McKenzie; and a granddaughter, Kay Pierce of Camden. [Source Carroll County NEWS-LEADER]