89 year old Louise Elizabeth Gibbs Bailiff of Dowelltown died Sunday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. She was a member of Dowelltown Baptist Church. The funeral will be Wednesday at 4:00 P.M at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Michael Hale and Rickey Scott will officiate with burial in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00 p.m until 9:00 p.m and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 4:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford Crawford and Bessie Lee Martin Gibbs, and two grandchildren, Jeff and Tara Frazier. She is survived by her husband, Robert Bratten Bailiff of Dowelltown. Four children, Bobbie and husband Harold Lanier of Mt. Juliet; Robert Bratten Bailiff, Jr. of Alexandria; Ann and husband Garlon Frazier of Liberty, and Doris and husband Edward James of Liberty. Ten grandchildren, Kaye Lytle, Bob Lanier, June Keith, Gerald Bailiff, Ricky Bailiff, Tiwanda Hall, Garnette Taylor, Denise Griffin, Kerri Wiser, and Steven Frazier. Sixteen great-grandchildren. Three great-great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Delores Murphy of Liberty and Linda Dutch of McMinnville. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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