- Date Of Birth: March 27, 1940
- Date Of Death: May 4, 2020
- State: Maryland
Lionel Bailey, loving son of the late Waymon Holmes and Ertha Faison Hopkins, was born March 27, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He departed this life on Monday, May 4, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
As a young child, Lionel and his mother moved to York, Pennsylvania to reside with his grandparents, Tillman and Mattie Bailey. Lionel was baptized at an early age at the Wheatfield Church of the Living God, where his grandmother was the founder. He recommitted his life to God at York’s Shiloh Baptist Church under the officiation of Rev. Dr. William Curtis. It was here in York that he attended public schools. He was proud to have been a member of the William Penn High School varsity basketball team—the 1958 Inter-District Champions. After graduating high school, Lionel enlisted in the United States Army/82nd Airborne Division and served as a paratrooper and military police officer until his honorable discharge in 1962.
In the late-seventies, Lionel moved to Maryland to be with his family. He was a master salesman, who excelled as a Bloomingdale associate in the men’s designer clothes department for many years. He later went on to become a top automotive sales representative.
Lionel was supported and is survived by his best friend of 58 years, Dorothy of Temple Hills, MD; his son, Neil Martin (Joyce) of Charlotte, NC; his devoted daughter, Robbin Brittingham (Denny) of Bowie, MD; and son, Bart Maulana Bailey (Janine) of Macungie, PA. He was a hands-on, doting grandfather to Michael B., Kalil, Zakiyyah, and Ivan, who lived near him and cherished his grandchildren, Ayesha Martin, Michael Wright, and Aaron Martin, and his six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Beverly Bailey and grandson Denny.
