Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ivey age 89, of Americus, GA, died peacefully on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 21, 2016, graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus.  The Rev. Hugh Harbort will officiate.
Mrs. Ivey was born on March 29, 1926, in Americus, Ga.,  daughter of the late James Willie Baker and the late Minnie Lee Chapman. She worked many years at Manhattan Shirt Co. and was also a rural mail carrier. Mrs. Ivey was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda and James Tondee of Ellaville, and Vicki and Daniel Beacham of Americus. Four grandchildren, Kenneth Tondee, Terry Tondee, Vikkilynn Baxley and Lynn Oakes; nine great-grandchildren and eight, great-great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Ivey was preceded in death by four sisters Willie Ruth Crutchfield, Cristine Crenshaw, Thelma Fitzgerald and Julie King. One brother James Alvin Baker also preceded her in death.
Aldridge Funeral Services, 612 Rees Park, is in charge of  arrangements. To sign the online guest book and express your condolences to the family go to www.aldridgefuneralservices.com