Bayliss was the youngest of five sons born to Fred Edwin Bayliss, Sr. (1872-1937), and the former Florence Eugenia Dixon (1882-1967) in the small city of McGehee (pronounced MAC GEE) in Desha County in southeastern [[Arkansas]]. In his early childhood, he was known by his middle name, Erastus.<ref name=bio/> His father, a conductor for the former Missouri Pacific Railroad (1872-1982), died a few months after Garland turned thirteen.<ref name=meb/> | Bayliss was the youngest of five sons born to Fred Edwin Bayliss, Sr. (1872-1937), and the former Florence Eugenia Dixon (1882-1967) in the small city of McGehee (pronounced MAC GEE) in Desha County in southeastern [[Arkansas]]. In his early childhood, he was known by his middle name, Erastus.<ref name=bio/> His father, a conductor for the former Missouri Pacific Railroad (1872-1982), died a few months after Garland turned thirteen.<ref name=meb/> |