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Murrells Inlet Elizabeth M. Bailey Elizabeth Moss Bailey died Monday, September 8, 2008 at National Healthcare of Garden City. Born July 23, 1910 in Cherokee County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Theodore P. and Eltha Stone Moss. She grew up and was educated in the schools in Waleska, Georgia. She graduated from Reinhardt College in 1928 where she was elected "Miss Reinhardt". She graduated from LaGrange College in 1930 and received a Masters in Education Degree from the University of Georgia in 1945. Her teaching career began in Horry County, South Carolina in 1930 at Floyd's High School. She was Principal of Waleska Elementary School and the first Curriculum Director for Cherokee County Schools. She was a Curriculum Director for the Georgia State Department of Education. She was Dean of Women and taught English at Reinhardt College where she was named Dean Emeritus. Mrs. Bailey received the John Wesley Award in 2000-2001 from Reinhardt College where a scholarship was established in her honor. The Elizabeth Moss Bailey Faculty Mentor Award at Reinhardt was established in her honor. She is on the Wall of Outstanding Alumni from LaGrange College. Mrs. Bailey was a life long member of Waleska United Methodist Church where she served in many capacities. She was a member of the United Methodist Women and the "Elizabeth Moss Bailey Circle" was named in her honor. After moving to Pawleys Island in 1997 to be with her daughter she became an associate member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class. She was in church every Sunday until 2007, singing all the hymns from memory. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma. Mrs. Bailey was an excellent "Quilter" and enjoyed making and restoring quilts for friends and relatives. She also enjoyed reading and sending cards to all friends and relatives. Surviving are her daughter, Betty Moss Bailey McGuirt and husband, The Rev. Milton L. McGuirt of Pawleys Island; granddaughter, Beth Stuart and husband, John of Lexington, SC; grandson Bobby McGuirt of Rock Hill, SC and great grandchildren, Caroline Stuart and Jack Stuart of Lexington, SC. Services will be 4:00 PM, Thursday, September 11, at St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church. Memorial services will also be held at Waleska United Methodist Church at 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 13, with Interment following in Briarpatch Cemetery Waleska, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM, Wednesday at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Litchfield-Pawleys Chapel. There will be a visitation in Canton, Georgia at Huey Funeral Home, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Friday, September 10. Memorials may be made to Elizabeth Moss Bailey Scholarship Fund, Reinhardt College, 7300 Reinhardt College Circle, Waleska, GA 30183-2981 or Waleska United Methodist Church, Waleska, GA 30183 or St. Paul's Waccamaw UMC Endowment Fund, 180 St. Paul Place, Pawleys Island, SC 29585.