Ms. Bettie Holding Smith Bailey, was born on Monday, May 22, 1944, and departed this life on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Granville Hospital in Oxford, NC. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Sanford Lewis Holding and Mrs. Jessie Pearl Mangum Holding of Granville County.

Funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Rock Spring Baptist Church, Creedmoor, NC; family and friend visitation service from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm., funeral service at 12:00 pm. Burial will be held at New Light Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.