| − | Bayliss was a booster of all types of TAMU sports and was from 1987 to 1988 the president of the Bryan chapter of Rotary International. He was a [[Sunday school]] teacher at the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bryan, at which he was the chairman of the building committee for the Christian Life Center. Bayliss was involved too in the Brazos Valley Arts Council and the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in College Station.<ref name=bio/> He was a director of the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History in Bryan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brazosvalleymuseum.org/about/board-trustees|title=Board of Trustees|publisher=Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History|accessdate=June 27, 2015}}</ref> for which his talent as a low-key fundraiser proved particularly helpful over the years.<ref name=bio/> | + | Bayliss was a booster of all types of TAMU sports and was from 1987 to 1988 the president of the Bryan chapter of Rotary International. He was a [[Sunday school]] teacher at the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bryan, at which he was the chairman of the building committee for the Christian Life Center. Bayliss was involved too in the Brazos Valley Arts Council and the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in College Station.<ref name=bio/> He was a director of the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History in Bryan, for which his talent as a low-key fundraiser proved particularly helpful over the years.<ref name=bio/> |
| | Bayliss died in a [[hospice]] in Bryan on [[Memorial Day]] 2015, at the age of ninety. In addition to his wife, his survivors included three sons, David Elliot Bayliss of [[Panama]], Mark Edward Bayliss (born September 5, 1957) and his wife, Diana Lee Bayliss (born July 1, 1959) of College Station, and James Fred Bayliss, an [[attorney]], and his wife, Julie Michele Bayliss (both born c. 1965) of College Station.<ref name=bio/> After services at the First United Methodist Church, he was interred at Sleep Hollow Cemetery in Bryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147087817|title=Garland Erastus Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> | | Bayliss died in a [[hospice]] in Bryan on [[Memorial Day]] 2015, at the age of ninety. In addition to his wife, his survivors included three sons, David Elliot Bayliss of [[Panama]], Mark Edward Bayliss (born September 5, 1957) and his wife, Diana Lee Bayliss (born July 1, 1959) of College Station, and James Fred Bayliss, an [[attorney]], and his wife, Julie Michele Bayliss (both born c. 1965) of College Station.<ref name=bio/> After services at the First United Methodist Church, he was interred at Sleep Hollow Cemetery in Bryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=147087817|title=Garland Erastus Bayliss|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> |