YOUNGSTOWN - Funeral services will be at noon on Friday at the F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home, Youngstown, Ohio for Mr. George Ivy, 85, who departed this life on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
Mr. Ivy was born May 5, 1929, in Aliceville, Alabama, the sixth of seven sons born to Henry and Maude Wallace Ivy Sr.
He was married to the former Ruth Lowry on July 14, 1952.
They enjoyed 45 years of marriage, until death did part them.
He was employed at the former Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company in 1951, working as a bricklayer’s helper until the mills closed in 1979.
Mr. Ivy was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church, under the pastorate of the late Rev. L. A. Simon and a member of the Four Square Block Watch on the lower Southside of Youngstown. He enjoyed gardening and fishing with friends.
He leaves his daughter, Calotta Ivy Skinner of Youngstown; a son, Christopher (Elizabeth) Ivy of Crofton, Md.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends may call Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at the funeral home.
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