| | On March 11, 1942, Bailes enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He was wounded in an artillery attack and awarded two [[Purple Heart]] medals in 1944 for action with the 7th Army at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]].<ref name="lasc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Bailes_Julian.asp|title=In Memoriam: Julian E. Bailes|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> | | On March 11, 1942, Bailes enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He was wounded in an artillery attack and awarded two [[Purple Heart]] medals in 1944 for action with the 7th Army at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]].<ref name="lasc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Bailes_Julian.asp|title=In Memoriam: Julian E. Bailes|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> |
| − | A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Bailes was elected as city judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. he was elected as a judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit in 1960, on which he served for two six-year terms.<ref name="lasc.org"/> In 1976, he was the interim judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, a position he vacated after several months when the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Douglas Marion Gonzales, Sr., won election to that court. | + | A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Bailes was elected as city judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. he was elected as a judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit in 1960, on which he served for two six-year terms.<ref name="lasc.org"/> In 1976, he was the interim judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, a position he vacated after several months when the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Douglas Gonzales]], Sr., won election to that court. |
| | Judge Bailes was preceded in death by his second wife, the former Nell Sandefur. He had five surviving children, Georgia Ann Bailes Scott and husband, Homer, of Natchitoches; Juliana Bailes Lipe and husband, Jim, of [[Shreveport]]; Sara Nell Bailes Williams and husband John Payne Williams Sr., of Natchitoches; Dr. Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr. and wife Colleen, of Morgantown, [[West Virginia]], and Emily Bailes Haines and husband, Paul, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=julian-edwin-bailes&pid=139306791|title=Julian Edwin Bailes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> | | Judge Bailes was preceded in death by his second wife, the former Nell Sandefur. He had five surviving children, Georgia Ann Bailes Scott and husband, Homer, of Natchitoches; Juliana Bailes Lipe and husband, Jim, of [[Shreveport]]; Sara Nell Bailes Williams and husband John Payne Williams Sr., of Natchitoches; Dr. Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr. and wife Colleen, of Morgantown, [[West Virginia]], and Emily Bailes Haines and husband, Paul, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=julian-edwin-bailes&pid=139306791|title=Julian Edwin Bailes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> |