William Donald Bailey OBITUARY

William Donald Bailey OBITUARY

Don Bailey 1933- 2025

Don Bailey,founder of Don Bailey Carpets, and a Miami icon, passed away on December 21, 2025, of natural causes with his family by his bedside.

Born in a rural town in Georgia, he moved to Miami at age 6, and attended both Miami Jackson and Miami Edison high schools.

After dropping out of college, he traded classrooms for hands-on business experience. He became more than a guy who sells carpet with a crazy, nearly nude billboard, more than a guy who started successful flooring and real estate businesses, more than a numbers man, and more than the life of the party. He’s the guy who helped hard-working employees or friends in need, including assisting with housing or transportation, and mentored young people. He believed in giving back and lived as an example that the American dream is attainable, and made sure to spread joy and fun to all he met along the way.

Don is survived by his wife, Donna, his children, Don Bailey,Jr., Brett, and Jean, his daughter-in-laws, Priscilla, Josephine, and Anna, his grandchildren, Adrian, Carmela, and Cora, and honorary son, Al Hinson. Predeceased by son Robert Bailey.

Funeral will be held at Church By the Sea, 1000 Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Islands, FL, on January 3, 2026 at 4 pm.