- 1953-08-26 —
Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya at the age of 88 years. [BW12:687]
- She had accompanied Mr and Mrs Robert Gulick in their settlement in Tripoli. [BN No 271 september 1953 p6]
- She was elevated to the rank of martyr. [MBW170]
- On her passing the Guardian cabled: "The irresistibly unfolding Crusade has been sanctified by the death of heroic, eighty-eight year old Ella Bailey, elevating her to the rank of the martyrs of the Faith, shedding further luster on the American Bahá'í Community and consecrating the soil of the fast-awakening African continent." [BW12p688]
- For the story of her life see PSBW131–42.
- See Bahá'í Chronicles.
- For her obituary see BW12:685–8.
- For information on her burial site and a short biography see Find-a-grave.. Upon her passing she was interred at Hamming Cemetery, an Italian cemetery in Trioli where American servicemen and women were buried during the period there was a US military base nearby. After the base was closed and renovations were planned for the cemetery, there were no plans for the remains of the Americans so they were returned to the USA. Her remains were reinterred in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro,Delaware on the 21st of August, 2007.
- See Youtube video I Adjure Them - The Ella Bailey Story as told by Hand of the Cause of God William Sears.
- She had accompanied Mr and Mrs Robert Gulick in their settlement in Tripoli. [BN No 271 september 1953 p6]
- See The Story of Ella Bailey.
- 2023-05-07 — The passing of Jack Edwards McCants (b. Dallas, Texas 19 January 1930) in the Houston area. He was buried at Calvary Hill Cemetery in Humble, Texas. Mr McCants was an ordained Methodist minister until becoming a Bahá'í in 1959. He received a doctorate in public health administration. He served as an Auxiliary Board Member from 1965-1967 and was first elected to the National Spiritual Assembly in 1968. He left after two years to help set up the first mental Health institutions in the Pacific islands. He was elected to the National Assembly of Samoa in 1975 and then moved to the Philippines in 1978. He returned to the USA in 1980 and was again elected to the National Assembly in 1986 and retired in 2002. [Calvary Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery.
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