Submitted by: Dan Rich

Romey Ivory

Jan. 28, 1941 - July 12, 1994

South Bend Tribune 7/20/1994

MISHAWAKA - Romey Ivory, 53, of Marianna, Fla., formerly of Mishawaka, died July 12 in Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Montgomery, Ala., after an illness. Mr. Ivory was a former employee of Clark Equipment Co. and AM General Corp. He was born Jan. 28, 1941, in Tupelo, Miss., and lived in South Bend until moving to Marianna in 1974.

He is survived by his wife, Eula (Speights) Ivory of Marianna; a daughter, Dedri of Marianna; a son, Romey Jr. of Marianna; three stepsons, Chris Tanner, Keith Tanner, and Dion Tanner, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; six sisters, Minnie Bonds and Earline Wardlow, both of Chicago, Christine Johnson, Willa Riley and Doris Wright, all of South Bend, and Addie Burton of Kalamazoo; and two brothers, Robert of Pontiac, Mich., and John of South Bend.

He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a graduate of Mishawaka High School.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Vann Funeral Home, Marianna. Burial will be in Ebezener Cemetery, Marianna. Clark's Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.