Mrs. Janett Bailey, age 83 and a longtime resident of Forest, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 under the professional care of the staff at Mississippi Care Center at Morton where she was a current resident.
Funeral services were conducted from the First Pentecostal Church in Forest at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Rev. Bill Pitman officiated. Interment followed in the Red Top Union Cemetery under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest.
Visitation was held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church on Saturday.
The Neshoba County native was a homemaker and a Christian by testimony of her faith in Jesus Christ. She had a determination about her that displayed her character of being strong willed. Mrs. Bailey loved her family dearly and shared a special closeness with her sisters. Gardening, going to rummage sales, and driving through the countryside were favorite past times.
She leaves behind two sisters: Mary Ruth Pinter of Morton and Dot Renfroe of Lena; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death are her husband: Kenneth Bailey; her parents: James Walter “Jim” and Nealy Ezelle Page; her siblings: two sisters: Grace Goss and Maggie Williams and two brothers: Buddy Page and Levee Page.
Serving as pallbearers were David Renfroe, Daniel Renfroe, Mark Pinter, Nathaniel Lewis, Jeff Price and Billy Perkins.
Memorial donations may be made Red Top Union Baptist Church Cemetery, 2321 Tallabouge Rd., Forest, MS 39074.
