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The Rev. Amos Purnell Bailey, a VA resident and author of the syndicated column “Daily Bread,” died Sunday morning on his way to church.
Bailey, 88, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent surgery in March. Bailey never fully recovered from the operation, and his health failed on the way to a Sunday morning worship service at Chancellor’s Village, a retirement community where Bailey lived with his wife, Betty Lou Sheffield Bailey.
The retired United Methodist minister was pronounced dead on arrival at Mary Washington Hospital.
Bailey penned his syndicated inspirational column for more than 60 years, ever since he was an Army chaplain during World War II. The first “Daily Bread” ran in the Tokyo edition of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news paper, on Oct. 4, 1945. He became chief of United Methodist chaplains around the world and has presided over services in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
“Daily Bread” has appeared in more than 100 newspapers. It now runs in about 50.
The family has decided that one of Bailey’s grandsons, the Rev. Emmett Page of North Carolina, can continue the column if he is able and willing, the final decision hasn’t been made.
RIP
Bailey, 88, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent surgery in March. Bailey never fully recovered from the operation, and his health failed on the way to a Sunday morning worship service at Chancellor’s Village, a retirement community where Bailey lived with his wife, Betty Lou Sheffield Bailey.
The retired United Methodist minister was pronounced dead on arrival at Mary Washington Hospital.
Bailey penned his syndicated inspirational column for more than 60 years, ever since he was an Army chaplain during World War II. The first “Daily Bread” ran in the Tokyo edition of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news paper, on Oct. 4, 1945. He became chief of United Methodist chaplains around the world and has presided over services in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
“Daily Bread” has appeared in more than 100 newspapers. It now runs in about 50.
The family has decided that one of Bailey’s grandsons, the Rev. Emmett Page of North Carolina, can continue the column if he is able and willing, the final decision hasn’t been made.
RIP
