Scott Ivey told his father, Gary Ivey that he was not feeling well while the pair and others were working with farm equipment Friday morning. The 23-year-old Ralls farmer was encouraged by his father to go home and rest.
The father called his wife, Jane, on the radio and advised her of the young man´s situation while a co-worker was driving Scott home. When young Ivey reached the residence, his mother persuaded him that they should go to the hospital.
Scott, who lived in a house near his parents, said he wanted to change clothes while Mrs. Ivey contacted the doctor. Moments later, Mrs. Ivey found the young man collapsed.
Ralls Ambulance Service was summoned and "worked as hard as any people I´ve ever seen." Gary Ivey told The Review.
The young man was then rushed to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock via ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival about 10 a.m. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
The deceased had been under a doctor´s care for previous heart problems, although his condition was not regarded as serious, members of the family said.
A Crosbyton native, Barry Scott Ivey had been a Ralls area resident most of his life. He was engaged in farming with his father.
A graduate of Ralls High School, he had attended West Texas State University and Texas Tech University. Ivey was an Eagle Scout.
Memorial services were conducted at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church of Ralls, Dr. Billy Burke, pastor, officiated and was assisted by Elba Hall, Church of Christ minister in Ralls.
Burial was made in Ralls Cemetery.
Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ivey of Ralls; two brothers, Kelly and Mitchell Bain, both of Ralls; three stepsisters, Mrs. Jimmy Key of Levelland, Mrs. Gerald Coggins of Abilene and Vanessa Brown of Lorenzo; and his grandmother, Golda Ivey of Ralls.
The family requested that memorials be made to the American Heart Association or to Girlstown USA in Whiteface.
Published in Crosbyton Review, March, 1981
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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