Duryl "Gibby" Bailey

Funeral s ervices for Duryl Middleton (Gibby) Bailey, 82, of Belton will be 11 AM October 19, 2017 at Dossman Funeral Home with Scott Neal officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He was born January 2, 1935 in Belton, TX to Ardian Leonald Bailey and Pauline Justice Bailey. He completed his elementary school education at Nolanville, and graduated from Belton High School in 1953. While in High School, he was a member of the National Honor Society, and received three letters in football, baseball and track, and in his senior year in high school he was a unanimous selection all-district running back.

He attended Southwest Texas State College from Sept 1953 thru August 1955, and attended The University of Texas at Austin from Sept 1955 thru January 1958 when he was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He received a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in May of 1962. As an undergraduate at The University of Texas, he was initiated into Tau Beta Pi, a scholastic honorary engineering society, and into Chi Epsilon, a Civil Engineering Honorary Society. In the fall of 1957 he served as president of the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He did additional graduate work in Civil Engineering at the University of Florida from September 1962 through April 1965.

He is member of the Sons of the American Revolution and his ancestor, Lt. James Sutton fought in the Revolutionary War. He is also the a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, and his ancestor William B. Bridges was a member of Austin’s Old 300 Colony. His Cox and Sutton ancestors settled in Bell County in the very early 1850’s.

He married Delores Herring in Belton, Texas on June 10, 1957. He is survived by three sons and a daughter: Keith Bailey and wife Viviann of Lansdale, PA, Boyce Bailey and wife Mary of Boise, ID, Doak Bailey and wife Amy of Boise, ID, Regina Bailey Nelson and husband Will of New Albany, OH. He is survived by 8 grandchildren, McKenzie Bailey Berg, Morgan Bailey Goodin, Brannic Bailey, Hodges Bailey, Laken Bailey, Dani Bailey, Lauren Nelson and Evan Nelson. He married Nancy Akin O’Bryant in Mexia, Texas on July14, 1987. Nancy proceeded him in death on August 31, 2016.

Visitation will be October 18, 2017 from 6 to 8 PM at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton Texas.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Belton Educational Enrichment Foundation (BEEF) or the Medina’s Children’s Home.