Mrs. C. C. "Sara Collins" Bailey, 88, of Tifton died Sunday, February 10, 2008, at Osceola Nursing Home in Ocilla. Private family funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 11, 2008, in Tift Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Bailey was born on August 5, 1919 in Worth County and was the daughter of Jeff Collins and Pearl Eason Collins, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Carlyle Clifton Bailey, who died in 1992; one daughter, Brenda Heckerson, who died in 2006; three brothers; and two sisters. She was retired as a department store saleslady.
Mrs. Bailey is survived by one daughter and two sons-in-law, Carlyne and Phil Pearson of Tifton, and Phillip Heckerson of Erwin, North Carolina; and two grandchildren, Phil Heckerson of Erwin, North Carolina, and Jennifer Pearson Smith and her husband, Johnathan, of Tifton.