She was born Nov. 17, 1934, at Gardiner General Hospital in Gardiner to Bernard and Esther Bailey. She attended Gardiner Area High School. She was employed at Bath Memorial Hospital for 16 years as a CNA, with her mother Esther. She was a member of Pastor Bill Gorman's Pentecostal Church of Gardiner, for many years, and attended several tent revivals in Maine and Nova Scotia. Sylvia and her sisters traveled to nursing homes to worship and sing patients. She loved her Lord Savior, her family, her church family and her dog Raisen.

Her most happy times were reading the Holy Bible, praising God, being a prayer warrior to many over the years and enjoying fellowship with her family and church families.

She was predeceased by her parents, infant daughter Deborah Dyer, brother Erlon Bailey, sister Deanna Mansir, and her friend and loving husband of 19 years, James Jones.

Sylvia is survived by her two daughters, Roseanne Boykin and husband Roger of Aroda, Virginia, and Louanne Pinkham and her husband Michael of Wiscasset; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren with two due this year; many nieces and nephews; and three sisters, Reta Russell Lemar of Dresden, Bernadine Bailey of Wiscasset and Mavis Hinkley of Gardiner. 

A public graveside funeral service will be held at the Murphy Corner Cemetery on the Montsweag Road in Woolwich on June 11 at 2 p.m. She will be buried next to her husband.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sylvia's chosen missionary service at: 

Advance Global Missions, P.O. Box 121738, West Melbourne, FL 32912-1738

Arrangements are under the care of Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner.