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Francis A. Bailey
AMESBURY -- Francis Alcid Bailey, 83, of 40 River St., died yesterday at Harborside Healthcare.
Born and educated in Merrimac, Mr. Bailey worked in the parts departments at Whitimore Pontiac in Haverhill and Fraser Pontiac, and retired from Port Sheet Metal Co. of Newburyport.

Mr. Bailey served in the Army from 1942 to 1965, seeing action as a sergeant during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He served as an advisor to the military police, and was a charter member and major with the Amesbury Auxiliary Police from 1954 to 1986.

A communicant of St. Joseph Church of Holy Family Parish, Mr. Bailey served the church as usher and was a lay reader for many years. A lifetime member of American Legion Post 187 and the Disabled American Veterans, he was a descendant of John Bayley, one of the original settlers of Amesbury.

He leaves his wife of 59 years Ruth A. (Tilton) Bailey; sons Richard F. and wife Andrea of Amesbury, Bernard A. of Seabrook, N.H., and David A. and wife Barbara of Kensington, N.H.; daughters Sandra R. and husband Robert Sadowski of Newburyport, and Bonita A. Harrington of Amesbury; brother Bernard of Amesbury; 14 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Calling hours are Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Paul C. Rogers & Sons Funeral Home, 2 Hillside Ave. Funeral services will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph Church. Burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery, Merrimac.

Memorials may be made to Holy Family Parish, 6 Allen's Court, Amesbury, Massachusetts   1913; or to the charity of one's choice.