Virginia Mock Bailey

Published 12:00 am Friday, June 10, 2011

Jan. 23, 1943 – June 8, 2011

NATCHEZ — Mass for Virginia Mock Bailey, 68, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Grand Rapids, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church.

Burial will follow at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church with a Rosary at 10 a.m.

Ms. Bailey was born Jan. 23, 1943, in Natchez, the daughter of Samuel Mock and Gladys Coleman Mock. She was a longtime resident of New Orleans and moved to Grand Rapids before hurricane Katrina.

Survivors include four children, Denise Mock Blanks of Slidell, La., Sheldon L. Bailey of New Orleans, Glenda Bailey Hayden and Glen Mock Sylvester, both of Grand Rapids; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a number of cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family.