JONES IVIE, TRESSIE N. - Izard County, Arkansas | TRESSIE N. JONES IVIE - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Tressie N. JONES IVIE

Wises Chapel (aka Crossroads) Cemetery
Izard County,
Arkansas

Born January 27, 1923, Wideman, Izard County, Arkansas.
Died July 10, 1948, Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas.
Daughter of John Jones, Jr. & Effie Jones.
Married Otis Leo Ivie, August 26, 1941.

Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, July 16, 1948:

Mrs. Tressie Ivie Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Tressie N. Ivie, aged 25, of Pineville died in a hospital at Batesville, Saturday morning, July 10, following an illness of several months.

She was born and reared in the vicinity of Wideman, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Jr. She was married to Otis L. Ivie August 26, 1941. He husband lost his life March 3, 1944, while serving with the U. S. Army in Italy. Mrs Ivie united with the Missionary Baptist Church in 1947 and remained a devout Christian until called by death. For the past several months she had made her home with her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ivie of Pineville, who survive.

Other survivors include her son Otis Leo, Jr.; five sisters, Mrs. Claud Fountain of Wideman, Mrs. Clay Harris of Oxford, Mrs. Alford Fountain of Pineville, and Evelyn and Mildred of Kansas; one brother, Ralph Jones of Forty Four; five half brothers, D. A. Jones of Forty Four, Homer of Chicago, Ill., Troy of Chickasha, Okla., Horance of California, Lawrence Jones of White Deer, Texas, and one half sister, Mrs. Laura Sawosky, Chicago, Ill.

Funeral services conducted by Rev. J. M. Langston, were held at Cross Roads Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial was in Cross Roads Cemetery, under direction of the Roller Funeral Service.

Note: In the same editon of the Calico Rock Progress newspaper was an article telling that the body of her husband was to be returned to Izard County on July 12 with the burial on Friday. Her burial was on Sunday.

(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)

Contributed on 8/1/11 by maxparnell
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Submitted: 8/1/11 • Approved: 8/1/11 • Last Updated: 7/28/12 • R570372-G570371-S3

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