Margaret Lane

LANE, Mrs. Margaret Lee - Age 68, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 in Kentucky. Family hour 11AM Monday, December 28, 2009 at New Life Missionary Baptist Church, 931 E. Hamilton Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11:30AM, Rev. William Campbell officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11AM Monday. Mrs. Lane will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10AM-6PM Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Lee (Bailey-Miller) Lane was born on May 17, 1941 in Columbus, Mississippi to Mr. Leo Bailey and the late Mrs. Stare Lee (Kennedy) Bailey. Margaret was raised by her father and grandparents in a well-mannered and religious home. She attended public schools in Columbus where she had many friends. Margaret confessed her faith in the Lord at an early age and was baptized in the King Cage Creek. She joined the Mt. Avery Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of the late Rev. B.T. Wilson. Margaret was fun and loving to her sister. They were like two peas in a pod. When you saw one, the other was not far away. That is the way they grew up, they did everything together. Mr. Bailey taught them to drive a column-shift at the ages of 10 and 11. The two of them had a beautiful relationship, being taught to never turn their back on each other. Margaret married and relocated to Chicago, IL for a short period of time and later returned to Columbus because she did not like Chicago. In 1971, she moved to Flint, MI where she lived with her sister for a short period of time. She was a member of different churches during her time in Flint, her memberships included, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Galilee Baptist Church, and a faithful member of New Life Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor Wilbert Campbell until her health failed her. In 2008, she moved to Louisville, KY under the care of her daughter. Mrs. Margaret Lee (Bailey-Miller) Lane leaves to cherish her memory: loving daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ann (L.C.) Isom of Louisville, KY; three sons, Mr. and Mrs. Leo (Gloria) Bailey II and Mr. Fredrick Lane, all of Livonia, MI and Mr. Richard Miller, Jr. of Columbus, MS; two step-sons, Mr. Ronald Lane and Mr. Eric Lane, both of Flint; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Leo (Annie) Bailey of Columbus, MS; 5 sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Maudie (Eddie) Coley of Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Carol (Derrick) Jamison and Mrs. Sarah Hughes, all of Columbus, MS, Mr. and Mrs. Marilyn (Clarence) Harvey of Brooklyn NY and Ms. Gloria Sykes of Washington D.C.; 4 brothers, Mr. Green McKinley Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Kerry) Bailey, all of Columbus, MS, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas (Doris) Richey of Tuscaloosa, AL and Mrs. and Mrs. Willie (Veneta) Armistad of Macon, MS; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Henrietta Shelley of Columbus, MS, Mrs. Bernice Berry of Eustis, FL, Mrs. Melissa Johnson of Adel, GA and Mrs. Joyce Robinson of Flint; many nieces and great-nieces; nephews and great-nephews; cousins and friends, including best friends, Mrs. Mary Leaper, Mrs. Dorothy Blackwell and Mrs. Susie Martin and god-sons, Mr. Donald “Billy” Norton and Mr. Roy Brown. Mrs. Lane was preceded in death by her husband for over 30 years, Mr. Frank Lane; mother, Mrs. Stare Lee (Kennedy) Bailey; one brother; grandparents; 2 uncles; 1 aunt; 1 great-aunt; and god-son. The family would like to give special thanks to her son-in-law, Mr. L.C. Isom; who was more like a son, for all of his support and help during her illness and her granddaughter, La’Resha. Special acknowledgements to her niece, Mrs. Felecia Stinnett of Riverdale, GA; grandson, Anthony Pierre Miller; who was more like a son; LaTonya Williams and Alice Henderson; life-long friend (since her teens), Mr. Dave Morris of Detroit, MI, Pastor Kevin L. Nelson, Sr. and the First Baptist Church family of Jeffersontown, KY, Pastor Wilbert Campbell and the New Life Missionary Baptist Church family. Last but not least, Dr. Vani Nadar and staff at the Baptist East Medical Center and Park Tower in Louisville, Kentucky.

Margaret Lane

May 17, 1941 - December 16, 2009