From Beckley (WV) Post-Herald
July 24, 1978
David Robert Bailes
Services for David Robert Bailes, 37, of Sand Branch, will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Blue Ridge Funeral Home chapel in Prosperity with the Rev. Fred Dinkler officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Bailes died Saturday of a gunshot wound according to the Raleigh County Sheriff's Department.
Born Aug. 18, 1940, he was the son of Mrs. Mae Worrell of Mt Hope and the late Earl Bailes.
Bailes was a mining machine mechanic.Other survivors include two daughters, Vickie and Karen, both at home; three sisters, Mrs. Carol Smith, Nieca Kay Smith and Sharon Bailes, all of Mt. Hope, and three half brothers, Ernie Ray, Mark and Jody Worrell, all of Mt. Hope.
The family requests no visitation.
Pallbearers will be Jody Worrell, Mark Worrell, Ernie Ray Worrell, Dan SMith,Ricky Snned and Lonnie Williams.