Tyrone Bailey of Newark, New Jersey was born January 18, 1945. He passed away on November 7, 2017.

William leaves to mourn his children, William R. Griffith, Michael D. Griffith (Denise), and Dr. Patricia Grace Foley (David); siblings, Barbara Nowlin and George O. Griffith; 15 grandchildren, and a host of other family and friends.

A Funeral service will be held Tuesday Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. at Franklin-St. John's United Methodist Church, 142 Maple Ave., Newark, N.J. Viewing is Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 10 to 12p.m. at Perry's Funeral Home in Newark. Interment is at Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth, N.J. Send condolences to perryfuneralhome.com.