Jessie Norman Ivy

September 9, 1944 - June 19, 2021

Funeral services for Jessie Norman Ivy, age 76 of Lindale, Texas, is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 26, 2021 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Jerry Hawbaker officiating. Interment will follow at the Lindale City Cemetery. Norman passed away, Saturday, June 19, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. He was born September 9, 1944 in Maydelle, Texas to the late Charles Fuller and Verna Pauline (Fain) Ivy. Norman has lived in Lindale for the last 24 years. He worked throughout his life as a machinist, a tool and dye maker, and was retired from Trane in Tyler. Norman enjoyed gardening, working in his yard, spending time with his grandchildren, and was a proud member of the AFL-CIO Union. He was preceded in death by siblings, Charles Ray Ivy, Walter Travis Ivy, Herman Frank Ivy, Mary Pauline Cohagen, Katie Lou McKinney, Alvin Lee Ivy, and Melton Pat Ivy. Norman is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sondra Ivy of Lindale; children, Sheri Bailey and her husband, Donald of Lindale and Cyndi Fontes and her husband, Joe of Woburn, Massachusetts; sisters, Luana Watson of Arlington and Joy Fay Davis of Columbia, Louisiana; brother, Micheal Ivy and his wife, Tressa of Palestine; grandchildren, Codye Grooms, Justin Grooms, Haylie Grooms, Paige Vernon, and Lauren Crow; 9 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Don Bailey, Codye Grooms, Justin Grooms, Joe McKinney, Chad Hudson, and George Elmore. Honorary Pallbearers will be Micheal Ivy and Dave Poskey. Family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2021 at Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. In Lieu of flowers the family has asked that contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, or to the Parkinson’s Foundation.