Prairie View A&M University recently bid farewell to one of its brightest stars. Lorna Bailey a senior communications major died Monday Aug. 21 from complications and injuries resulting from an automobile accident.
Bailey, 22, was traveling in the car with fellow Prairie View student and lifelong friend Shayna Woods, 21, on their way to Prairie View when for unknown reasons the Chevrolet Cavalier she was driving went off road and flipped. As a result of the accident, Bailey was thrown from her car.
Bailey was life flighted by helicopter to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where a day later she died. Shayna Woods, the passenger in the car was treated for minor cuts and bruises and was then released from the hospital.
” From the moment I met Lorna, I knew she was special. Someone so easy to love. God put her on this earth for a reason and he took her away for the same. I have to remind myself that she was a borrowed blessing not mine to keep,”. said junior Ashley Slayton
Funeral services were held for the beloved student on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at Pilgrim Valley Missionary Baptist Church in Forth Worth, TX. At the Memorial Services Baileys family was presented with her degree, she was scheduled to graduation in December of 2006.
” Lorna was a truly sweet and loving friend to all who knew her, I know she is still smiling down on us. I met Lorna this year, through Sigma Tau Theta and I am truly grateful to have been blessed with having know her,” said junior Alexis Benton
She is survived by her mother Carol Bailey, her father Leonard Bailey; her two sisters Michelle Livingston, and Carsha Bailey; and her two brothers Sanford Crayton Jr. and Aldrich Bailey.