1SG Clifford R. Bailey, age 50 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at his home. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M., Monday, August 12, 2013 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Clinton Memory Gardens Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Family Readiness Group, Carthage, Missouri and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

1SG Bailey was a career serivce man in the Missouri Army National Guard, with his last post being in Carthage, MO. He was a member of the Tebo Baptist Church.

Clifford was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia on March 3, 2012; his maternal grandparents, Clifford and Jessie Periman and paternal grandfather, Shandy Bailey, Sr.

Surviors inculde his wife Peggy, son, Colton Bailey and daughter, Abigail Bailey, all of the home, Michael Mullins and wife, Aspen of Kingsville, Missouri and Christopher Anderson and wife, Pam of Osceola, Missouri; father, Shady Bailey; brother, Marion "Bug" Bailey and wife, Annette, of Clinton; sister, Jettie Bailey and paternal grandmother, Marian Bailey, all of Clinton.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, of Clinton, Missouri.