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Two of Bayliss' brothers also served in the war, James Eldred Bayliss (1916–1989),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46100560|title=James Eldred Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> an [[United States Army|Army]] staff sergeant in [[Iran]], and Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss (1919-2004) of Warren, Arkansas, an Army sergeant in the [[Europe]]an theater of operations]],<ref name=militarymen/> who received eight [[Bronze Star]]s in combat.<ref>McGehee Veterans Memorial, accessed June 26, 2010, no longer on line.</ref> He was subsequently like his father a railroad conductor.<ref name=meb>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88126901|title=Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Mercer Bayliss' widow, the former Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister (1922-2015), a [[telephone]] operator, died in 2015 in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas, less than three months before the passing of her brother-in-law, Garland Bayliss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143616144|title=Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Two other Bayliss brothers, Fred, Jr. (1909-1975) and Dixon E. Bayliss (1913-1981), are interred alongside their parents at McGehee Cemetery.<ref name=meb/>
Two of Bayliss' brothers also served in the war, James Eldred Bayliss (1916–1989),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46100560|title=James Eldred Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> an [[United States Army|Army]] staff sergeant in [[Iran]], and Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss (1919-2004) of Warren, Arkansas, an Army sergeant in the [[Europe]]an theater of operations]],<ref name=militarymen/> who received eight [[Bronze Star]]s in combat.<ref>McGehee Veterans Memorial, accessed June 26, 2010, no longer on line.</ref> He was subsequently like his father a railroad conductor.<ref name=meb>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88126901|title=Mercer Embree "Flea" Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Mercer Bayliss' widow, the former Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister (1922-2015), a [[telephone]] operator, died in 2015 in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas, less than three months before the passing of her brother-in-law, Garland Bayliss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143616144|title=Elizabeth Ann "Sis" Banister Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> Two other Bayliss brothers, Fred, Jr. (1909-1975) and Dixon E. Bayliss (1913-1981), are interred alongside their parents at McGehee Cemetery.<ref name=meb/>
After he left the Navy, Bayliss was until 1972 a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navycthistory.com/RIPdatesort.pdf|title=List of deceased Navy officers|publisher=navycthistory.com|accessdate=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
After he left the Navy, Bayliss was until 1972 a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navycthistory.com/RIPdatesort.pdf|title=List of deceased Navy officers|publisher=navycthistory.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>
==Career in education==
==Career in education==