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Cora Ives Obituary
December 4, 1930 - December 13, 2021
Durham, North Carolina - Cora Hazel Ives resident of Durham died Monday, December 13, 2021. She was born December 4, 1930 to the late Walter Morrison Ives and Sarah Elizabeth Sparrow Ives of Durham.
She was predeceased by her brother Richard Morrison Ives and sister Sarah Ellen Ives Lyon Nichols. Nephews, Richard Morrison Ives, Jr., William M. Lyon, and grand nephews Gregory Ryan Ives, and Kevin, Gregory, and Scott Lyon survive. Also surviving cousins include Carla Whitehurst Odom, Charlotte Perrin, and Catherine Quick.
Cora was graduated from Durham High School, in the Class of 1949. She retired from Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company where she had been employed in accounting over 41 years. She had been a member of the Colonel John Banister Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution and recently the Organizing Member #1 of the Virginia Society, Southern Dames of America that is an organization engaged in support of eye research and preservation.
A graveside service will be held in Section 9 of Maplewood Cemetery, Durham on Thursday, December 16 at 1:00 pm with the Rev. Richard Metzner officiating.
The Ives family is under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service, Durham, NC. Online condolences: www.hallwynne.com; select obits.
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Sara F
January 4, 2022
It was a pleasure to have met you. May your sweet soul forever rest in the heavens. God bless you Gregory
Patsy Wheeler McCowan
December 21, 2021
May you rest in peace Cora. You were a good friend to mom for her whole life since you both grew up together only a few houses apart. I still have photos of the two of you together during your lifetimes. Our family will always keep fond memories of you close to our hearts. Patsy
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