Carol Ann Bailey

Heaven sounds even better today!  Carol Ann Bailey, age 80, went home to meet her Savior Sunday, September 24, 2023. She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Stergal Bailey, parents Elmer and Mamie Owenby, sister Faris Austin, brother Gordon Owenby, and grandson Mitchell Bailey. She is survived by her son John (Lucy), daughter Faris Morgan, sister Gwen Smith (Larry), grandchildren Melissa Williams (Joe), Noel Norton, and Brayden Lay, and several nieces and nephews.  An avid singer of gospel music, Carol Ann was raised in White Pine but lived her adult life in Dandridge working at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, then at Dr. O.L. Merrit's office, before retiring as the nurse at Jefferson County High School.  The family will receive friends on Wednesday, September 27 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge. Services will be held Thursday, September 28th, at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at Swann's Chapel Cemetery.  The family requests that donations be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in lieu of flowers, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge is in charge of arrangements.