~ IN MEMORY ~
Navy veteran, DL Capt. Joseph Olin Ivey Jr.
November 26, 1932 ~ July 30, 2018
Notification with the passing of Delta Golden Wings member
retired Delta pilot Captain Joe Ivey, age 85. Captain Ivey joined Delta Air
Lines 09-17-1956 and retired in 1992, based ATL. He is survived by his wife
Judie Patricia ‘Pat’ Brown Ivey.
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An abbreviated obituary may also be viewed online at
Services for Captain Ivey are pending and will be advised when
known.
For those wishing to send a personal note, whitepages lists
the family residence as
176 Providence Road, Fayetteville GA 30215-2844.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary..............
Joseph Olin Ivey, Jr. passed peacefully into eternity on
Monday, July 30, 2018, surrounded by his family. Born in southwest Fulton County
on November 26, 1932, to Joseph Olin Ivey and Iva Goolsby Ivey, he graduated
from West Fulton High School and attended Georgia Tech. While at Tech he was in
the Naval Reserve and then took an active duty commission flying the P-2V
Neptune from Alaska, Okinawa, and Hawaii. He traded in his Navy wings for a pair
at Delta Airlines in 1956, retiring in 1992 with over 36 years and 25,000 hours
with Delta.
While still in the Navy, he married his hometown sweetheart,
Barbara Boyd. They settled in Fayette County in 1960 and raised their four
children in a home so marked by hospitality that it was sometimes called the
Ivey Hilton. Joe entered into relationship with God as a young man and as his
faith grew he shared the joy of life in Christ with those he encountered. That
lifelong passion led to his involvement in founding the Fellowship of Christian
Airline Personnel and Grace Evangelical Church in the early 70’s. In fact, their
home hosted the organizational meetings for both of those ministries. After many
years of Joe and Barbara’s life together parenting, grand-parenting and
ministering to others through hospitality, Grace Church, FCAP and home Bible
studies, Barbara developed Alzheimer’s disease. Joe cared for her faithfully and
attentively for ten years before her death in 2006. In an act of grace for which
Joe and his children always expressed thanksgiving, Pat Brown of Fayetteville
entered his life. They were married in July of 2008 and enjoyed a full and
active life together until just days before Joe’s sudden illness.
Joe was predeceased by his parents, his first wife, Barbara
Boyd Ivey, and two dear brothers-in-law. He is survived by his wife of ten
years, Pat Brown Ivey, his sisters Wanslie Poole and Elaine Payne, his
brother-in-law and sister-in-law George and Mary Alice Boyd, his four children
and spouses: Malia and Chuck Bergstrom, Walter and Rachel Ivey, Suellen and
Andres Silva, and Andy and Rowena Ivey; seven grandchildren and spouses: Austin
and Holly Bergstrom, Ryan and Chelsea Ivey, Claire and Jeremiah Peery, Bethany
Ivey, Elena and Zachary Carden, Evan Ivey, Carlos Ivey; and eight
great-grandchildren: Kristen and Daniel Ivey, Jack, Nate, Lucy and Reese
Bergstrom, Isaiah and Ender Peery; stepson Seth and Daphne Brown, and many
nieces and nephews. We, the family, also marvel and give thanks for the host of
friends and colleagues, some surviving and others who proceeded him into heaven,
who have enriched Joe’s life and ours.
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