Mr. James Lamar Bailey, 49, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and formerly of Dalton, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005, at the Hospice of Volusia in Ormond Beach surrounded by his loving family.

He was preceded in death by his father, James Bailey; grandparents, Rann and Emma Bailey and Joe Bishop; aunt, Mary Cole; and a brother-in-law, Herb Joyce. 

Lamar was a 1974 graduate of Eastbrook High School and was an auto body mechanic by trade.

He is survived by his mother, Betty (Bishop) McPherson of Dalton; wife, Debbie Bailey; step-son, Joey and step-daughter, Jessie all of Ormond Beach; grandmother, Mammie Bishop of Dalton; sisters and brothers-in-law, Gail and Carl Bradley, Mendy and Henry Rogers and Patty Joyce; nieces, Jennifer Bradley and Regina Durham; great-nephews, Hunter and Ian Bradley, all of Dalton; several aunts, uncles, cousins. and many friends.

Services to celebrate the life of Lamar Bailey are Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday after 5:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Volusia/Flagler Hospice, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32129.

Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.pondersfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by locally owned and operated Ponders Funeral Home, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton; 706-226-4002.

(The Daily Citizen: Dalton, GA, Saturday, August 27, 2005, P11A)

The body was cremated.