Mr. Otis Jimmy "Jim" Bailey

December 19, 1940 - January 21, 2016

Big Stone Gap, Va. Otis Jimmy “Jim” Bailey, 75, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center in Norton, Va. He was born in Rawhide, Va. and lived in Big Stone Gap for the past five years. He was a retired coal miner with the Westmoreland Coal Company and a member of the U. M. W. A. District #28, Local #1405. Jim was an avid deer hunter. He was of Holiness faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Ocie (Morris) Bailey; and three sisters. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dorothy M. Bailey; his son, Jimmy G. Bailey of Big Stone Gap; three sisters, including a special sister, Marie Kennedy; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Jerry Belcher and the Rev. John Varner officiating. Due to inclement weather the burial at the Bailey Cemetery in the Rawhide community of Keokee, Va. will be at a later date. Pallbearers will be family and friends. To view the obituary online, offer condolences and sign the guest registry, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bailey family.