Shirley “Big Jack” Bailey (1935 – 2024)

Shirley “Big Jack” Bailey, 89, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Winchester Medical Center.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 2 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, with Pastor Joseph Plemmons officiating.

Mr. Bailey was born in Flint Hill, Virginia, to the late Homer and Louemma Roberts Bailey.  He was also preceded in death by his son, Ricky Lee Bailey; brother, Gillis Taliaferro Sr.; and four sisters, Mary Lincoln, Marion Bey, Dorothy Brooks, and Margaret “Polly” Nesby.  He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the United States Army, an Ordained Deacon at Roseville Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey, served on the Good Hope Cemetery Association in Front Royal, Virginia, and was a member of the Spiritual Guardians Quartet that sang at various church events in the Front Royal area.

Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Velma B. Bailey; son, Mark L. Bailey (Portia); brother, James Taliaferro; four grandchildren, Amanda Bailey, Mark Bailey II, Allison Brumbray (Quinton) and Dana Bailey; two great-grandchildren, Ava Bailey and Aiden Robertson and a host of loving extended family and friends.

The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Repast will be at First Baptist Church, 14 W. 1^st Street, Front Royal, immediately after the service.