After a life of love and quiet grace, Mary Etta Bailey of Sykesville, MD has passed.
What follows is written with love, by those who knew her best.
Mary spent her working life as ['Brooke Grove Assisted Living and Asbury Methodist Village'] — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.
The work of a parent is rarely finished — it lives on in the children she loved.
Mary Etta Bailey, 88, of Woodbine, MD, passed away on May 4, 2026 at her home. She was born on January 18, 1938, in Howard County to William Martin Mayne and Mary Elizabeth Mayne.Mary Etta worked at Brooke Grove Assisted Living and Asbury Methodist Village. She then dedicated her life to her family, working as a devoted mother and grandmother. She had a passion for card playing, arts and crafts, and gardening.She is survived by her children, Teresa Glass, Pamela Douglass (John), Patricia Hykes (Ray); five grandchildren, Joey Farley (Tiffany), Tina Musgove (Chris), Jason Farley, Danielle Rodriguez (Carlos) and Jenny Farley (Jason); and 11 great-grandchildren, Izzy, Sammy, Molly, Nicholas, Hannah, Kyra, Alyssa, Connor, Hayden, Lilly and Violet.She was preceded in death by her husband, Isaac Edward Bailey, Jr. and ten brothers and sisters.The family will receive friends on Monday, May 11, 2026, from 2-4 & 6-8pm at the Burrier-Queen Funeral Home & Crematory, 1212 West Old Liberty Road, Sykesville, MD 21784. A funeral service will be held on Tuseday, May 12, 2026, at 12:00 noon at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Poplar Springs UM Church Cemetery, Poplar Spring, MD.As a loving mother and cherished Memaw, she created a lifetime of memories that her family will hold close forever.
