Mr. Ivy D. Smith, 93, a resident of Tullahoma, TN passed away Thursday,
July 21, 2016 at Tennova Harton Healthcare. Funeral Services are scheduled
for Saturday, July 23 at 2 PM at the Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home Chapel
with Bro. Jack Hice officiating. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be Friday, July 22 from 5 – 8 PM.
Ivy, the son of the late Ivy G. and Axie Barham Smith, was born in Hardin
County, TN on October 10, 1922. He graduated from Lawrence County High
School in 1950, attended Martin College and graduated from University of
Tennessee Martin. He was a U S Navy veteran serving in WW II. He also
served in the Naval Reserve and the Army National Guard. After serving his
country, he began teaching electronics, mathematics and eventually being a
principal. He taught at the United Electronics Laboratories in Louisville,
KY, the University of TN, Knoxville, the University of TN, Murfreesboro and
George Peabody College, Nashville. He also taught school in Lawrence
County for 16 years and at Tullahoma High School for 13 years. He was a
member of Marble Plains Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening, traveling and
repairing electronics.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 9 brothers and 8
sisters. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Jelene Finney Smith of
Tullahoma; two sons, Dennis Smith and his wife, Doris of Nashville and John
Smith and his wife, Angie of Lynchburg; two daughters, Theresa Carter and
her husband, Derrick of Winchester and Colleen Sharpton and her husband,
Glen of Lawrenceburg; one brother, Glen Smith and his wife, Mary of
Memphis; three sisters, Dorotha Davis and Betty McCullum, both of Lenoir
City, TN and Brenda Bushnell of Reagan, TN; eight grandchildren and 10
great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requested memorial donations be made to the
Marble Plains Baptist Church.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.