Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
Saturday, July 30, 1983

Sleta B. Ivy

HENDERSON -- Services for Sleta B. Ivy, 77, of Rute 3 Henderson will be 10 a.m. today at Bryan Funeral Home with the Rev. E.L. Jones officiating.

Burial will be in Laneville Cemetery.

Mrs. Ivy died 10 a.m. Thursday at her home after a long illness.

Born Oct. 12, 1905, she was a lifetime resident of Rusk County. She was a housewife and a Baptist.

Survivors include her husband, W.L. (Bill); daughters, Maybelle Akin of New Salem, Billie Ruth Thrasher of Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Shirley Moore of Grand Prairie; son, Lonnie of Fort Worth, sister, Ivy Mae Whitehead of Garland; brothers, Rade Allen of Henderson and Billy Allen of Jardonton; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.