Mr. Charles "Charlie" Bailey was a man who made the teaching of agriculture and working with the FFA a way of life. He considered the building of young people his greatest accomplishment and their success his greatest reward. Mr. Bailey felt his role as an agriculture teacher was a calling, and he carried out his duties in a manner that indicated this philosophy.

Mr. Bailey taught at Moultrie High School from 1949 to 1951 and Bainbridge High School from 1951 to 1987. He emphasized the livestock aspect of the FFA program as dictated by the needs of the local community. As a result, his FFA chapter excelled in this area.

Mr. Bailey's chapter won the Chapter Achievement Award and had several state-winning teams and state officers. He served as District I advisor twice and as president of the Georgia Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. Mr. Bailey was named the GVATA Teacher of the Year and has received his Honorary American FFA Degree.

Mr. Bailey worked on the ground floor in organizing some of the activities we still enjoy today such as the Georgia State Fair, Georgia National Fair, and the Albany Fair livestock shows. He was on the State Livestock Rules Committee from 1951 to 1985 while also serving as the Macon State Fair FFA Livestock Committee Chairman and on the Albany Fair Livestock Committee. When a question about livestock arose, Mr. Bailey was often the person many in the state turned to for answers.

Aside from FFA, Mr. Bailey serves as a deacon in his church. He is a charter member of the Kiwanis Club in Bainbridge and a Kiwanis District Governor.

Mr. Bailey believes in the concept of the professional organization and served in leadership capacities in both the GVATA as president and the NVATA as a regional and national committee member.