Daniel 'Danny' H. Bailey

Daniel "Danny" H. Bailey, husband of Edie Pipkin Bailey, age 57 passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016. Funeral service will be held 2:00pm Thursday, February 18th at Florence National Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Danny Harvey Bailey was born July 8, 1958 to the late Mary Sims and Ralph H. Bailey. He served the US Navy for ten years as a welder, Nucor from 1987 to 2001 and he was a member of the South Carolina Army National Guard from 1999 to his Retirement in 2015. Danny was a member of Company C, 163rd Support Battalion in Darlington, SC from 1999 until his transfer in 2001 to the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion organizational structure located at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, SC. While assigned to Army Aviation, SSG Bailey served as an Armament/Electrical/Avionic System Repairer Technical Inspector, he supported Operation Iraqi Freedom 2 from 2003-2005 and Operation New Dawn from 2011-2012. Danny also served as a Federal Technician within Army Aviation Support Facility 1 and was a member of Freedom Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Edie Pipkin Bailey of Darlington; his daughter, Jessica Nicole Bailey (David) Borgmeyer of Houston, TX, and his step-daughter, Jessica (Chase Menasco) Gulledge, both of Darlington; his daughter-in-law, Meredith Bailey of Florence; his brother, Stan (Angela) Bailey of Darlington; his grandchildren, Adalynn and Harper Bailey, Kody Gulledge, and Kassidy Menasco, two nephews, three great nephews and two great nieces. He was preceded in death by his son, Daniel H. Bailey and a niece, Alicia Bailey Burbage. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Wednesday, February 17th at Belk Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org, or to the USO at www.uso.org.