Donnie "Bowling Hippie" Bailey, age 54 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Sunday, January 31, 2010 at Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial services will be 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Funeral services will be Friday, February 5, 2010 at the Pafford Funeral Home in Lexingotn, Tennessee with burial in the Shiloh Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee. Family suggests memorials to the Twin Lakes Hospice, Clinton. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Donnie was born in Lexington, Tennessee. He was a screen printer for Adkins Printing in Clinton. He was a member of the Eagles in Clinton and the United States Bowling Congress.

He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers and sisters, Ruby Dyer, Fred Bailey, Shirley Jean Garner, Randolph Blackstock and Joe Dwight Bailey.

He is survived by his loving companion of twenty years, Nancy Smith of the home; one son, Jeremy Welch and wife, Melissa of the state of Maryland; two brothers, Thomas Bailey of Reagan, Tennessee and Floyd Bailey of Peoria, Illinois and four sisters, Lucille Hart of Reagan, Tennessee, Axie Harris of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, LaVerne Goodrich of Adrian, Missouri and Valarie O'Dell Rhodes of Huron, Tennessee.