Dorothy Hailey
Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Troy United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Judd Mowery officiating, assisted by Cheryl Cleek.
Burial will follow in Elbridge Cemetery.
Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. until the hour of services on Saturday.
White and Mahon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Chad Hailey, Bret Hailey, Travis Hailey, Josh Hailey and Chase Bryan.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Troy Order of Eastern Star.
The family requests memorials be directed to Troy United Methodist Church.
She was born June 5, 1922, in Marmaduke, Ark., daughter of the late William Amos and Margaret Lula Jones. She married Lester P. Hailey June 4, 1943. He died Nov. 23, 2002. She was self-employed and was owner, along with her husband, of Hailey’s Hardware in Troy from 1947 until 1995. She was a member of the Troy Order of Eastern Star, where she held an office every year she was able to be involved. She was a past Matron of the Troy chapter, was Grand Organist of the State of Tennessee Eastern Star and organist for the Troy Order of Eastern Star.
She is survived by two sons, Lester P. Hailey III and his wife, Ellen, of Jackson, Miss., and Terry Hailey and his wife, Mitzi, of Union City; and five grandchildren, Chad Hailey and Travis Hailey, both of Nashville, Bret Hailey of Chattanooga, Josh Hailey of Jackson, Miss., and Jordan (Hailey) Bryan and her husband, Chase Bryan, of Madison, Miss.
She was preceded in death by 12 older siblings.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.