Iva Odessa Livingston

Iva Odessa Livingston, 100, died Monday. She was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma January 18, 1913 the daughter of the late Peter and Effie Ayers. She is survived by two daughters and three sons, Ilda Kean, Juanita Humphrey (Hyatt), Melvin Rieves, Walter Livingston (Lutie), Van Livingston (Nellie); daughter-in-law, Ronna Livingston; 22 grandchildren, a granddaughter-in-law; 24 great-grandchildren and 44 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Robert C. Livingston; 3 brothers, Roy Ayers, Mack Ayers and Pearl J. Ayers; four sisters, Ellise Lackey, Bertha Patrick, Nelda Cummings and Larena Palmer; a son, Farrell Livingston; daughter-in-law, Doris Rieves; four grandchildren, Adron Humphrey, Carl Rieves, Dale Livingston, Michael Livingston. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Services will be conducted on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Bradford Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.