Penny K. Bailey, age 67, of Golden, Missouri, passed away in her home on Monday, August 6, 2018. She was born in Cassville on February 2 ^nd 1951, to Arl and Ida (Whisman) Cooper. Penny attended Shell Knob elementary school and graduated from Cassville High School in 1969. After High School Penny moved to North Kansas City Missouri where she met Phillip Bailey in January 1971; they were married in May of 1971.

During Penny's life she worked as a supervisor of housekeeping at Independence Missouri hospitals. After Hospitals she hired on at Ford Auto Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri while Phillip worked at the General Motors plant in Kansas City Kansas. After retirement Penny wanted to travel so Phillip hired on driving a semi-truck with Penny as his co-driver. They saw the country behind the wheel of a big rig. They drove for 11 years where they traveled to every state and Canada.

Penny's interests were genealogy, scuba diving, water skiing, snow skiing, sailing, tee shirt and sweat shirt painting, pottery, and motor boating.
Penny tried flying with Phillip but got extremely air sick in the little planes. She boasted about throwing up over the best parts of Kansas City.

Penny volunteered at the Barry County Museum and the Coast Guard Auxiliary where she was an instructor for the Coast Guard on Public Affairs and journalism. She was also qualified as a boat coxswain, search and rescue instructor, a National Auxiliary public affairs instructor, boating safety instructor, and a PWC operator patrolling Table Rock Lake assisting other boaters and keeping boaters safe.

Penny and Phil have owned 4 sailboats and were planning on retiring on the water sailing up and down the east coast but after a rocky sailboat trip in the British Virgin Islands Penny changed her mind about going to sea; so ended their sailing career and hello trucking.

Penny and Phil settled in Golden Missouri and began motor boating with the Coast Guard Auxiliary. After Penny got sick Coast Guard volunteer work stopped but she continued with the Barry County Museum as long as she could.

There will not be visitation or a funeral per Penny's request. Just keep her in your thoughts as she was known.

If anyone feels like sending flowers or other gifts please send any memorial donations to the Barry County Museum in memory of Penny entrusted to the White Funeral Home and Crematory, P.O. Box 890, Cassville, MO 65625.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the White Funeral Home and Crematory, Cassville, Missouri.