Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ivy Felton "Felt" Mundy 1917
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(Cedartown Standard, August 9, 1917) 
Senator Ivy Felton "Felt" Mundy, big-hearted, whole-souled "Felt" Mundy is 
dead. Stricken with appendicitis Wednesday afternoon while at his post of duty 
in the Senate Chamber in Atlanta, it was characteristic of the man that he 
should insist on waiting to vote on a bill in which he felt an interest before 
being taken to the hospital for an operation. The surgeons found that their 
efforts were too late, and he passed away about 2 o’clock Friday morning. 
Rockmart and Polk County have sustained a heavy loss in the death of Felt 
Mundy. He was a community builder, ever working for his home town, but broad-
minded and farsighted enough to recognize the fact that whatever helps one part 
of the county helps all. There was no movement for the upbuilding of his town 
and county that did not safely count on him as a vigorous leader. Stricken down 
in the prime of manhood, when his prospects for success and usefulness were at 
the highest, his taking away is inexpressibly sad and is a grievous shock to 
his family and to all who knew and loved him. He had served capably as Mayor of 
Rockmart, and was a leader in affairs of the Methodist church and the various 
fraternal organizations there. His success as an attorney had been marked ever 
since his admission to the bar after graduating from Mercer University, and he 
took an active interest in various enterprises. Genial and sympathetic by 
nature, he was always a helpful friend to the needy and distressed. When his 
remains were brought Friday afternoon to Rockmart, they were accompanied by an 
escort from the Senate and every business house in the town was closed as a 
tribute of sympathy and respect. The funeral Saturday morning was the largest 
ever held in Rockmart, the Methodist church being filled to overflowing, and 
the floral tributes being many and beautiful. Services were conducted by his 
pastor, Rev. M. D. Cunningham, assisted by Rev. Claude Hendricks of Lindale. 
The Polk County Bar attended in a body and a delegation of Knights Templar came 
from Rome to participate in the Masonic services at his grave. Surviving him 
are his wife, nee Miss Minnie Allgood, and three little sons, Clay, Felton and 
Lee; his mother, Mrs. M. E. Mundy; three brothers, Messrs. W. W. Mundy of 
Cedartown, J. E. Mundy of Augusta, and C. G. Mundy of Rockmart; and three 
sisters, Mesdames Irving Tinsley and D. H. Young of Rockmart, and G. C. Powell 
of Nashville. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire county in 
their great loss, which is shared by all. (Cedartown Standard, August 9, 1917) 


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