Ivy Mae Fendley, 88, of Blossom, passed away Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Paris Regional Medical Center.
Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17th at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Tim Reger officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Fendley, the daughter of J. R. Ham and Dollie Mae Pearce Ham, was born Oct. 25, 1933, in Minter, TX.
She graduated from Blossom High School. Following graduation, she and Jeff Fendley were married and moved to New Mexico where she worked for the telephone company. After the death of her husband in 1961, she moved back to Paris and enrolled at Paris Junior College. Ivy went on to East Texas State University where she received her teaching degree. Her career in education began in 1965, at Blossom Elementary where she taught second grade. She eventually moved to the North Lamar School District where she taught until her retirement in 1994. She taught a plethora of students in her years of teaching and remained close to many of her students.
She was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and the Lamar Delta Retired Teachers Association. Ivy served in the mission filed through the Mission Service Corp with the Red River Valley Baptist Association. For a number of years she volunteered at L. P. McCuistion Regional Medical Center and Paris Regional Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Glenn Dale Fendley and Danny Ray Fendley, and a brother, Ray Ham.
Survivors include two sons, Ronnie Fendley & wife Linda and Mark Fendley & wife Brenda, six grandchildren, Micah Fendley, Joshua Fendley & wife Rachel, Emily Miranda & husband Hector, Sue Lynn Sanders & husband Greg, Samantha Boyd & husband James, and Stacey Hively & husband Doyle, twelve great grandchildren, and three sisters, Jerry Nell Stout & husband L. C., Juanita Arnold & husband Bill, and Edwina Alexander along with several nieces & nephews and a host of friends.
Casket bearers will be: Micah Fendley, Joshua Fendley, Hector Miranda, James Boyd, Doyle Hively, and Greg Sanders.
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