Submitted by Emily O'Neal

Rome News Tribune Apr. 29, 1968

Mrs. Lydia Ivey

Mrs. Lydia Ivey, 78, of Cave Spring Rte. 2, died Sunday afternoon in a Rome hospital following several years of declining health.
Mrs. Ivey was born in Marshall County, Ala., May 12, 1889, living the past 13 years in Floyd County. She was a member of the Daily Street Baptist Church in Piedmont, Ala.
Mrs. Ivey is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Tom Pledger of Cave Spring and Mrs. J.A. Edwards of Rome; one step-son, Flavey Ivey of Piedmont, Ala., one step-daughter, Mrs. Cathryn Crosby of Jacksonville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Daisy Moore of Reno, Ark.; 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the South Side Baptist Church with the Revs. Bobby Green, Vance Jones and Howard Holcomb officiating. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Grandsons will service as pallbearers. The body will be taken to the residence of a grandson, Jerold Pledger, of Morgan Road after 4 p.m. today to remain until the funeral hour.
Henderson- Frazier Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements.

(Note: died Apr. 28)

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