Submitted by: Dan Rich
Emma J. Ivory
Jan. 4, 1941 - Jan. 16, 2004
Emma J. Ivory, 63, of Parry Street,
South Bend, Ind., passed away after an extended illness at 7:40
a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in Memorial Hospital. She was member of
Antioch M.B. Church under the guidance of Rev. Lee H. Montgomery
where she attended regularly. She graduated form Bolivar
Industrial High School in 1961, and attended Ivy Tech College in
1972 in CNA training in South Bend.
She worked at Memorial Hospital as a PCA for
many years until her health prevented her from working.
She leaves four sisters, Maxine (George) Perry,
Betty (Curtis) Walker, Debra Ivory of Bolivar, Tenn., and
Chestine Pope of South Bend; three brothers, W.T. Ivory
and Luther (Felecia) Ivory of Bolivar, and Charles Ivory of
Benton Harbor, Mich.; many nieces and nephews; one special
great-niece, Demecia Pruitt of Bolivar; one aunt, Louise
Willis of Bolivar; many cousins and friends; and two special
friends, Lou Cropes of South Bend and Eula Mae Blake of
Middleton, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her parents and
a sister.
Services for Ms. Emma J. Ivory will be held
from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in the Clark-O'Neal Funeral
Home, 2702 Lincoln Way West. Final funeral services and burial
will take place Friday, Jan. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Dixie
Funeral Home, 750 Bills Street, Bolivar, TN 38008. Funeral
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in the Mount Olive
M.B. Church, with the Rev. James Williams officiating. Burial
will follow funeral services at the Jordan Cemetery, Bolivar. The
Dixie Funeral Home is handling the Tennessee arrangements. The
Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home has been entrusted with local services.