Mary B. Ivy was born August 1, 1925, in Clarksdale,
Mississippi to Johnny and Olivia Coleman. God called
her home on December 8, 2022 in San Diego, California
at 3pm with her Daughter Barbara, at her side.
Mary was a loving wife to Paige W. Ivy, whom preceded
her in homegoing in 1979. She was the Mother to four
children, two Sons, Hector and Rodney Ivy; and twin
Daughters Deborah Rivers and Barbara Ivy. (Both Hector
and Rodney preceded her in homegoing) Mary leaves
behind siblings, Martha Payne, Arthur Coleman, and
Princella Brookshire. Mary was an active and involved
Matriarch unto her family, with four Grandchildren: Tracy,
Alvis, Damaan, and Ophelia; eleven Great Grandchildren,
and the rare blessing of creating cherished memories with twelve
Great Great Grandchildren. Mary loved her family so
much, she even took her first Great Grandchild, Bowman
Paxton, as her own and raised him until his teenage
years.
Mary was a homemaker and enjoyed hosting family
gatherings and cooked some of the best soul food on this
planet. She always kept beautiful fruit and vegetable
gardens, to which, all of her kids, grandkids, and great
grandkids knew to put their eggshells and banana peels
in "for the soil". Even though Mary was a stay at home wife and
Mother, she loved to take road trips cross country
and spend time fishing in Mission Valley for those "blue
gills" she always raved about. She enjoyed sending folks
to the “boneyard” in countless rounds of dominos, and
was not quiet about it. Mary was in the Order of the Eastern
Star and served her community for many, many years.
Mary will be greatly missed, but never forgotten.
“Oh, Little Butterfly,
Messenger of God,
When I see you in the sky
I cannot help but nod.
You bring me respite
From grief and despair
Every time I see you
Sailing through the air.
You renew my faith
In all God’s wondrous plan,
And I know it’s all in FAITH,
Not in what I understand.”
~K. Poland
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