Douglas Taylor Bailey

Douglas Taylor Bailey, 14, of Leesburg, GA, died May 7, 2012 at Medical Center of Central Georgia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Leesburg, Leesburg, GA. Rev. Wesley Kaylor, Jeremy (Bobby) Jones and Melissa Spriggs will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, GA.

Born in Albany, GA, on October 23, 1997, Taylor was an eighth grade student in the Lee County School System. He was active in Lee County Dixie League Baseball for six years and had the opportunity to go to the national play offs with the Cubs, under the direction of coaches, Joey Pickle, Stevie Williams and Roger Wingate. Taylor loved to fish with his "Idols", Bill Price and Shorty Pollock, he was a computer genius, he loved being with his family and loved to assist his niece with her homework and he was learning to play the acoustical guitar. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Jack Bailey, Sr. and Helen Bailey and maternal grandmother, Linda Diane Anderson.

Survivors include his parents, Doug and Dana Watson Bailey, Leesburg, GA, a brother, Michael Bailey, Virginia, a sister, Crystal (Sissy) Marie Reese, Leesburg, GA, maternal grandparents, Wayne Watson, Sr. and Pat Watson, Cuthbert, GA, a nephew, William Edward Reese, Jr., a niece, Brooke Anne Reese and his cat, Sponge.

Those desiring may make memorials to Ronald McDonald House of Central Georgia in memory of Douglas Taylor Bailey, 1160 Forsyth St., Macon, GA 31201.

The family will receive friends Friday from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.

The family is at the residence of Jeff and Sherry Bailey, 6604 Newton Rd., Albany, GA.