Tributes to teacher in death crash

A Cannock teacher who died in a car accident has been named today.

Melanie Till-Bailey, aged 38, of Collier Way, died when the Peugeot 206 she was driving hit a telegraph pole on the A34 Cannock Road yesterday.

Chadsmoor Infant School in Kingsway was closed yesterday in the wake of the news but re-opened today.

Tributes have started to pour in for the teacher and mother of two.

Anne Till, aged 63, of Westbourne Avenue, Cannock, a distant relative, said: “She was a lovely person to be around. It is a very sad loss, really what can you say? It’s just tragic.”

In her younger days, Melanie was a member of Chadsmoor Choral Society and still kept in touch with its members.

Chairman John Keeling said she would be remembered as a “bubbly, happy person” and sorely missed.

He said: “From our point of view, she was a very talented lady - she was very good at what she did.

“She was so bubbly - if you were in a group with her, you knew she was there. She was just a bubbly, happy person.”

Police are still appealing for witnesses to the incident at around 1.15am yesterday.

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This article posted on April 8, 2008 at 11:25 am.
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8 Comments

  1. lissy bailes said: Apr 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    r.i.p mel you will be missed xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    lots of love lissy bailes

    xxxxxxxx

  2. trevor barrett said: Apr 9th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    knew mel for 34 years and i never saw her without a smile - she lit up everybodies lives both with her personality and with her stage and concert performances too . . i miss her like crazy and cant imagine why these things happen to such a kind caring lady . . RIP Mel keep singing with the angels XXX

  3. spanna wilcox said: Apr 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    R.I.P mel you will be missed loadz and you have left a gap in so many peoples lives you are throurally missed and i hope chickey and cam are ok
    R.I.P
    love spanna

  4. Julia Parker said: Apr 11th, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Its been many years since I saw Mel, but we had a lot of fun together in our teens. I will always remember her smile and fun loving nature. R.I.P Mel.

  5. An old friend said: Apr 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Only the good die young

  6. Jean Cotterell said: Apr 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    Melanie, what a shocking loss. A pretty little girl, a lovely lady.
    The extended family in Perth W. Australia

  7. kate said: Apr 13th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Rest in peace Mel, this has been so shocking & you will be sadly missed… God bless ya!!

  8. Georgia said: Apr 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Aunties..xxx
    we love u loads & we miss u lots..xx
    u haven’t gone u r still in our hearts & u always will be..xxx
    p.s
    keep on singing
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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