SERVICES:  Monday, March 3, 2025

Jones and Son Chapel

11:00 a.m.

INTERMENT:  Buck Creek Cemetery

VISITATION:  Monday, March 3, 2025

Jones and Son Funeral Home

9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Services for Mrs. Cecile Ivy, age 77, of Richton, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 3, 2025 at Jones and Son Chapel in Richton.  Mrs. Ivy passed from this life on February 28, 2025 at her residence.  Bro. Dennis Polk will officiate the service and burial will follow in Buck Creek Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers will be Jacob Garner, Steve Freeman, Joseph Ivy, Bradley Dykes, Dawson Hinton, Carter Ware, and MaCoy Ware.

Mrs. Cecile worked for nearly 30 years as a teacher's assistant at Sand Hill School and then at Richton United Methodist Church Preschool.  She was an active member of Hickory Grove Church of God.  She dearly enjoyed her flowers and working in her yard, going shopping with her friends, and riding her golf cart.  Her greatest joy though was her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her son, Christopher Ray Ivy; and parents, Cecil Ray and Velma Brewer.

She is survived by her husband, Benny Ray Ivy of Richton; son, Terry (Dana) Ivy of Ocean Springs; daughters, Melanie (Neal) Harris of Wilmer, AL and Mindy Ware of Brandon; grandchildren, Joseph Ivy, Mary Catherine Oxner, Hannah Robinson, Bradley Dykes (Skylar), Hannah Dykes, Dawson Hinton, Carter Ware, MaCoy Ware, and Ivy Ware; great grandchildren, Brentley, Brooklyn, Lainey, Naomi, Hazel Marie, Harper, Kyson, and Hannon; and brothers, Chuck (Carolyn) Brewer and Sherrill Ray (Pat) Brewer.