Elaine P. Bailey, 65, was called home early morning on November 29, 2021. Affectionately known as "Bay" Elaine was born on August 5, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, to Rose Marie Bailey and Cliffton Wilson Jr. She was the 4th of 7 siblings.
She attended Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, Illinois and she later came to South Bend, Indiana in 1979 after the blizzard in 1978. Elaine was a hardworking, loving single mother of 6. She enjoyed listening to Elvis Presley and going to Korea with her Korean boys, and made sure everyone around her had their own younique nickname picked out by “Bay”.
Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, Rose Bailey and Cliffton Wilson; grandmother, Priscilla Hunt; brother Micheal Bailey; granddaughter, Ja’Rina Rose Bailey (sofia); grandson Shawn M. Bailey Jr.: three uncles: Lacy Hunt, William (Chuck Bailey) Richard Hunt.
Elaine leaves behind to cherish her memory 2 daughters, Katrina R Bailey,Shonta R Bailey;Special daughter Chanel Richardson; 5 sons: Shawn M. Bailey (Tequila), Jimmy (Jawz) Bailey, Hernandez Ford’el (Lakesha), Isaac Plump (Krystal), GD Bailey; 29 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters: Jeanette Taylor (Emmett); Lorraine Bailey; three brothers: Mike Bailey, Anthony Bailey, Ezel (Bootsy) Bailey; with special friends: Bridgette Pack, Constance Mccaster(Connie); along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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