Background
Bailey, Cecil Cabaniss was born on October 29, 1901 in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Son of Daniel B. and Maude (Layfield) Bailey.
Bailey, Cecil Cabaniss was born on October 29, 1901 in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. Son of Daniel B. and Maude (Layfield) Bailey.
Student, Young Harris College, 1922. Student, University Georgia, 1923. Bachelor of Laws, Stetson University, 1927.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Stetson University, 1978.
High school principal, Byromville, Georgia and Madison, Florida, 1923-1924. Associate Scarlett, Jordan, Futch & Fielding, DeLand, 1927-1929. Clerk Judge's Court Volusia (Florida) County, 1929-1930.
Associate Rogers & Towers, Jacksonville, 1930-1937. Senior partner Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, since 1937. Senior vice president, general counsel Gulf Life Insurance Company.
Senior director Cain & Bultman, Inc.
Board overseers Stetson University College Law, St. Petersburg, Florida. Trustee Charles A. Dana Law Center Foundation, Hope Haven Hospital. Past president and trustee Jacksonville Public Library System.
Member Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Jacksonville Bar Association (president 1946), American Judicature Society, Newcomen Society, Phi Alpha Delta. Clubs: Civitan, San Jose Country, University, River.
Married Augusta Mann, February 15, 1923. Children: Dorothy Bailey McGehee, Marilyn Evans-Jones, William C.