IVEY OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== IVEY, Eck E. 1904 - 1992 Funeral services for Eck E. Ivey, 87, Siloam Springs, Ark., were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 1992 at the First Baptist Church of Siloam Springs. Brother John Terry officiated. Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Bacstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home. He was born Feb. 6, 1904, in Roff, Indian Territory, to Thomas and Lou Ivey. He died Jan. 30, 1992, in Fayetteville, Ark. He was a retired electrician, a member of IBEW Local 124 of Kansas City, where he was recently honored for 50 years of membership. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Siloam Springs. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Rita, of Siloam Springs; a son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Betty Ivey of Montrose, Penn.; a daughter and son-in-law, James and Janice Keen of Pryor; a daughter-in- law, Carolyn Ivey of Houston; two sisters, Lenora Scott of Oklahoma City and Carmen Bettis of New Boston, Texas; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and numerous relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son and daughter-in-law, James E. and Marilyn Ivey; a son John Eck Ivey; a daughter, Betty Jean Ivey; and three brothers, Bill, Gene and Tom Ivey. He was traveling man with a medicine show in early 1930 and came through Urich, where he met his wife, Rita Smith. He was known as "Dynamite". ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================