Delta Marie Ivy, daughter of the late Thomas W. Whitehead and Theresa Laura Stafford Whitehead was born on September 19, 1930 at Bernie and departed this life in the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on September 23, 2017 at the age of 87.

Mrs. Ivy attended the Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter, had formerly worked as a waitress at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter for over 30 years and was a resident of Dexter. 

She was united in marriage to John J. Ivy on August 6, 1970 at Doniphan, Missouri. Mr. Ivy preceded her in death on January 9, 1972.

Survivors include one sister, Wanda Gough of Flint, Michigan and by several nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Avery Whitehead and Harold Lloyd Whitehead, by two sisters, Velta Lee Gough and Edna R. Williams. 

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11:00 A.M. until Noon, Monday, September 25, 2017.  

Funeral services will then be conducted at Noon in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter.  

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.