Virginia Hurt Bailey

Background

Bailey, Virginia Hurt was born on July 30, 1937 in Constantine, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Henry and Eunice Leona (Hufstedler) Hurt.

Education

AB, William Jewell College, 1959; Master of Arts, New Mexico State University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, U. New Mexico, 1994; degree in elementary education, y.

Career

Teacher, Window Rock (Arizona) District 8, 1959-1961, 69-94; teacher, Liberty (Missouri) Public Schools, 1963-1964; teacher, Kansas Missouri Public Schools, 1964-1967; civil service employee, MECOM, St. Louis, 1967-1969. Instructor Navajo Cmty. College, Window Rock, 1984-1986.

Member career ladder steering committee Window Rock District 8, Fort Defiance, Arizona, 1984-1985, 86-89. Member child study team Window Rock Elementary Schools, 1985-1994, test administrator Gessell Development Institute, since 1986.

Achievements

• Virginia Hurt Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member choir Presbyterian Church Fort Defiance, 1974-1994, elder. lay reader, since 1978, clerk session, 1980-1989. Member American Association of University Women, National Education Association (local president 1978-1979, state delegate 1979-1981, local secretary 1980-1982), ASCD, International Association Cognitive Education, Arizona Association Bilingual Education, Association Childhood Education International, Teachers English as Second Language, Alpha Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: philataly, dolls and doll houses, reading, cooking, painting.

Connections

Married Jerry Dee Skaggs, June 17, 1961 (deceased May 1969). 1 child, Susan Marie Skaggs. Married Elton Ray Bailey, December 17, 1971.

Stepchildren: Michael, Marsha Smith, AnnAviles.

Father:

John Henry Hurt

Mother:

Eunice Leona (Hufstedler) Hurt

Spouse:

Elton Ray Bailey

Spouse:

Jerry Dee Skaggs

child:

AnnAviles Bailey

child:

Michael Bailey

child:

Marsha Smith Bailey

child:

Susan Marie Skaggs Bailey