Corsicana Daily Sun - Oct 27, 2005 edition

Lily (Forehand) Ivy

Lily Forehand Ivy, 95, of Barry and formerly of Fairfield, passed away Tuesday,
Oct. 25, 2005, at her residence.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral
Home in Fairfield.
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Chapel in Fairfield with
Dr. James Reid officiating. Interment will follow at Fairfield Cemetery.
Mrs. Ivy was born Sept. 27, 1910, in Centerville to Thomas Aby Forehand and
Evelyn Jane Walker Forehand. She attended schools in Centerville, Madisonville
and Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos. She lived her 49 years of
married life in Fairfield and Barry. The last 20 years of her life, she
continued to manage the Kaliko Ranch in Barry with her children. She was a
loving mother and grandmother who cherished her family.
She was preceded in death by her son, John Bruce Ivy; parents; sisters, Aby Ray
Burleson, Cecil Wilson, Madie Floyd and Mary Forehand; and the father of her
children, Woodrow Ivy.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Madie Ivy Head and John Head
III of New York City, N.Y., and Lettie Jane Ivy Cook and Hal Cook of Barry;
daughter-in-law, Joanna Smyly Ivy of Lake Jackson; grandchildren, David Ivy of
Boulder, Colo., Jeff Ivy of Denton, John Head IV and Charles Head of New York
City, N.Y., and Boston, Mass., Andy Cook and wife Lori of Mineola and Lisa Cook
Sem and husband Michael of Austin; three great-grandchildren, Annalee Cook and
Ruby and Lyra Sem; and numerous nieces, nephews and a special friend, Velma
McGraw.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home, Fairfield.