James Lovell Bailey

Background

Bailey, James Lovell was born on December 18, 1907 in Portland, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Johnson and Annie May (Lovell) Bailey.

Education

Student, Bowling Green University, 1925. Student, Middle Tennessee State Teachers College, 1926—1929. Student, Western Kentucky State College, 1929—1930.

Student, George Washington University, 1931—1933. Student, University Tennessee, 1938—1941.

Career

With United States Bureau Census, 1930—1932, United States Department Agriculture, 1933—1937, Tennessee Department Conservation, Nashville, 1937—1976, director educational service, 1957—1976. Organized 1st soil conservation district member Tennessee, 1940. Member Tennessee Conservation Commission, 1978—1985, secretary, since 1980.

Co-organizer, co-director annual conservation education teachers workship University Tennessee, 1953—1976. Member Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, 1960—1965. President Davidson County (Tennessee) Chapter Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1957.

Member garden committee Tennessee Botanical Gardens & Fine Arts Center, Nashville, since 1969. Member Volunteer State College Advisory & Development Council, since 1976. Charter member, board directors Tennessee Environmental Council, 1970—1977, life member, since 1977.

Board directors Tennessee Beautiful, 1972. Trustee West Coast Christian Corporation. Member Tennessee President Trust.

Member advisory committee curriculum & course study development Department Education, 1946—1967. Co-director Annual U.T. Conservation Education Workshop Teachers, 1953—1976. Organizer, co-director Annual Tennessee Federal Garden Club Conservation Camp, 1954—1976.

With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• James Lovell Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy conservationist, state official by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Our Land And Our Living

Membership

Fellow: Soil Conservation Society of America (life. President Tennessee council chapters 1961, regional representative, conservation history committee, Meritorious Service award 1985). Member: Nashville Torch Club (president 1963-1964), Common Cause, Nature Conservancy, National Resources Defense Council, National Trust History Preservation, Tennessee Association Preservation Antiquities, National Wildlife Federation, Dickson County History Society, Highland Rim History Society (board directors), East Tennessee Education Association, Middle Tennessee Conservancy Council, Tennessee Federation Garden Clubs (life.

Co-organizer/co-director statewide conservation camp for members 1954-1976), Bowen Campbell House Association (life. Vice president), Conservation Education Association (life), National Association Conservation Education and Publicity (life. President 1949).

Connections

Married Fairrelle Brown Bailey, June 1, 1940 (deceased December 1976). 1 child Annie Elizabeth Elliott. Married Hester W. Brown Bailey, April 29, 1979.

3 stepchildren.

Father:

James Johnson Bailey

Mother:

Annie May (Lovell) Bailey

Spouse:

Hester W. Brown Bailey

Spouse:

Fairrelle Brown Bailey

child:

Annie Elizabeth Elliott Bailey