Ivory Burgess

Ivory Burgess
Easley, SC

Funeral services to honor the life of Mr. Burgess will be 3:00 PM Friday at Arial Baptist Church. Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the Liberty Mortuary.

Ivory Burgess, 77, of 621 Rice Road, Easley, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Manna Health & Rehab in Pickens. Born in Pickens he was a son of the late Clarence and Essie Howard Burgess.

He was a retired truck driver having work for many years at G&P Trucking, and was a member of Arial Baptist Church where he was a former deacon.

Surviving are his wife, Blanche Wood Burgess of the home; two daughters, Darlene (Steve) Anderson and Wanda Stamey both of Pickens; a son, Jerry (Shelia) Burgess of Liberty; two sisters, Evelyn Grice of Pickens, Mozelle Gilstrap of Liberty; a brother, Gary Burgess of Pickens; 5 grandchildren, Gretchen (Jamie) Reeves, Joshua Burgess and his fiance’ Lisa, April Anderson, Jennifer (Levi) Hannah, and Caleb Burgess; 5 great grandchildren, Kendyl Anderson, Savannah Burgess, Jay Reeves, Jeremy Burgess, and Ben Reeves.

In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a daughter, Ivory Denise Burgess, and two granddaughters, Amanda & Adri-Anne Stamey.

The family will be at the residence.

Memorials are requested to the American Trucking Association, 950 North Glebe Road, Suite 210, Arlington, VA 22203-4181 or the Ronald McDonald House, 706 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605.

The family would like to extend their special thanks and gratitude to the staff of The Manna Health & Rehab Center in Pickens, Interim Hospice, and especially his aide, Michelle for the loving care shown to their father during his illness.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.com Liberty Mortuary is handling arrangements.