Deborah L. Bland, 52, of LaFollette, died June 17. She was a member of Valley Fellowship Church of God and was retired from Cracker Barrel after 23 years of service.
She is preceded in death by her daughter Felixia England; parents, Felix and Trecie Russell Ivey' brother and sisters Odevia, Spencer, Everette, Clarence, Robert Lee, Taylor and Avery.
She is survived by her daughter Amanda Nicholson and husband, Peter; grandchildren Justin Bland, Ian Bland, Aliyah England and Jacob England; brothers, Henry, Paris, Ike, Phillip and Felix Ivey, Jr.; sisters Hazel Gross, Rebecca Brantley, Elizabeth West, Lucy Longmire, Alice Kolze and Fay McKay.
Funeral services were June 20 at Cross-Smith Chapel with the Rev. Ovid Bolton officiating. She was interred at Powell Valley Cemetery.
Cross- Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements
Published in LaFollette Press on June 28, 2012
