When Norva Eleen Waddill was born on 17 March 1927, in Yarrow, Adair, Missouri, United States, her father, Virgil A Waddill, was 21 and her mother, Madie Waunita Berry, was 21. She married George Prentice Bailey on 19 May 1945, in Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States. She lived in Richland Township, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Adair, Adair, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 6 June 2002, in La Plata Township, Macon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in La Plata Township, Macon, Missouri, United States.