Piney Grove Baptist Church, Ardmore
Limestone Baptist Association
Favorite Bible Verse: John 3:16
Favorite Hymn: “Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine” and “It Is Well With My Soul”
Hobbies: Weaving, crocheting and activities at the assisted living facility where she resides
Family Status: Widowed after 59 years of marriage to Roylee; four children, John, Carol, Tommy and Donna; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild
Bernice Mitchell Bailey taught Sunday School for 54 years — 30 years at Piney Grove Baptist Church, Ardmore, and 24 years at Highlands Baptist Church, Huntsville. She primarily taught Sunday School classes for adults, but at one time, she taught a college/career Sunday School class. Bailey also has been very involved in Woman’s Missionary Union as both a member and leader.
Q: How did you come to know the Lord?
A: I joined the church as a child, but I didn’t realize I was a sinner without salvation until I was 25. I knelt down by my bed and asked the Lord into my life … in 1950. Shortly after that, I started teaching adult women.
Q: What were some other ministries you were involved in?
A: I taught Training Union [for] adults, juniors and intermediates. I taught study course books, those big books for … the church and different things. I worked in Vacation Bible School in the summertime.
Q: What is your primary ministry now?
A: I do have a ministry here (at the assisted living facility). Some [residents] … do not see well. I … read the Bible to them and have prayer with them most every day.
Q: What difference has Jesus Christ made in your life?
A: First He gave me a joy, peace, love and assurance of life everlasting that I did not have. And that’s a wonderful life. He put a love in my heart for people.
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