BILLY IVORY

HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas-Billy D. Ivory, 58, of Marietta, Texas, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, at his home.

Mr. Ivory was born Oct. 9, 1946, in Morris County, Texas. He was a machinist, a member of Williams Chapel 
Baptist Church and an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Jean Ivory of Marietta; three sons, Billy Ivory Jr. of Longview, Texas, Gregory 
A. Ivory of Hughes Springs and Graylon Ivory of Naples, Texas; one daughter, Parenthia M. Cooper of Marietta; 
two brothers, the Rev. Sammie D. Ivory Jr. of Tyler, Texas, and James C. Ivory of Omaha, Texas; four sisters, 
Sallie Buford, Dianne Malone and Carolyn Jones of Naples and LaTwane Saunders of Mount Pleasant, Texas; 
11 grandchildren; and a number of other relatives.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Williams Chapel Baptist Church, Naples, with the Rev. Sammie D. Ivory 
officiating. Burial will be in Springhill Cemetery under direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home.

The body may be viewed today at the funeral home.