Velda Clestine Bailey

VELDA CLESTINE BAILEY née Forde, aged 80, formerly of 36 Oxnards Heights, St. James and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, went to be with her Heavenly Father on November 28, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta. Retired Senior Teacher – Ministry of Education, former long-standing President of the International Association of Minister’s Wives and Widows Barbados Chapter and a beloved pillar of the Gemswick Church of the Nazarene.
Wife of the late Rev. Anthony J. Bailey – Church of the Nazarene.
Mother of Anmarie Bailey (Brathwaite), Dr. Monetta Bailey and Damon Bailey-Lynch (all of Canada).
Grandmother of Jaheem Bailey and Kaiden Bailey-Lynch (both of Canada).
Sister of Herma and Vivian Forde (USA); the late Lionel Ward, Ila Forde (Canada) and Pearlese Cumberbatch (USA).
Aunt of many.
Cousin of Velma Carter.
Mother-in-law of Andre Lynch and Neils Brathwaite (both of Canada).
Sister-in-law of Muriel Ward, Cecilia Quintal (Trinidad), Rhoda Forrest and Catherine Randell (USA), Mary-Anne Redman (BSTU) and the late Walter “Spriggs” Redman.
Relative of the Forde, Ward and Butcher families.
Friend of Myrna Forde, Sheila Forde (Canada), Patricia Redman (USA), Judy Roach and Guy Roach (Canada), Christine Grosvenor, Joyce Payne and Jacinth Wood and more.
Godmother of Dr. Kamara Odle-Cummins (UK) and Deborah Bartlett.

A Homegoing Service for the late Velda Clestine Bailey will take place on Tuesday January 6, 2026, at the chapel of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, where relatives and friends are asked to meet at 11:00 a.m. (8:00 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time) followed by the interment. Flowers may be sent to Lyndhurst Funeral Home no later than 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Donations in Velda Bailey’s memory may also be made to local Alzheimer’s or Dementia research or care organizations. The body of the late Velda Bailey will repose in the Colin Parkinson Memorial Chapel, Lyndhurst Funeral Home on Monday January 5, 2026, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

The family invites you to view the live streaming of the service, to view please click here