When did Ray Charles parents die?

Question

When did Aretha Williams and Bailey Williams die? If anything i need a year. Ive tried googling it and so far have come up with nothing. Can you guys help me out?

Answer 1

about 3 weeks ago.

Answer 2

Aretha died in 1945 according to the following paragraph

At the age of five Charles slowly began to lose his sight, most likely as a result of congenital juvenile glaucoma. In the same year his younger brother drowned. Despite these setbacks and dire poverty, his mother pushed Charles toward greater independence. After he was declared legally blind at the age of seven, she enrolled him in the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine, where he remained for nine years, until her death in 1945.

As far as Bailey Robinson goes,  the two were never married. The family moved to Greenville, Florida, when Ray was an infant. Bailey had three more families, leaving Aretha to raise the family on her own.  According to the wikipedia page:

"When he was six Charles began to go blind. He finally became totally blind by the age of seven.[7] Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight,[1] though there are sources which suggest his blindness was due to glaucoma. He attended school at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida.[7] He also learned how to write music and play various musical instruments.[7] While he was there, his mother died followed by his father two years later.

So, if his mom died in 1945, and his dad died two years later, then Bailey must have died about 1947.