Died OCTOBER 10, 1954 Submitted by Cathy Beard beardc@indiana.edu<mailto:beardc@indiana.edu> HAVERLY, Ed Prominent Mitchell Mortician Develops Pneumonia Following Operation Ed Haverly, prominent Mitchell funeral director and past state representative from Lawrence County, died Sunday night in Dunn Memorial Hospital. The death of Mr. Haverly followed a two-week illness and came as a shock to many of his friends and former constituents. The seventy year old Mitchell mortician served in the State House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to State Senator in the recent primaries. His death was attributed to pneumonia which developed after an operation. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery on October 6. He died at 11:22 p.m. last night. Born May 16, 1884, Mr. Haverly was a native of Marion Township. His parents were Fred and Mary Ellen Knott Haverly of Lawrence County. In 1913, Ed Haverly married Rosa B. Murray, who preceded him in death in 1942. In 1946 at Thibodaux, Louisiana, he married Pearl M. LaGarde, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Lawrence and Lee, who are associated in the funeral business founded by Mr. Haverly. One daughter, Mrs. Robert Tindall, also of Mitchell, survive. There are six grandchildren. Ed Haverly was one of three brothers. Surviving are Rice and Arch Haverly, both of Bedford. A sister, Mrs. William Nickless, lives on R. R. 1, Mitchell. There are several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. from the first Baptist Church of Mitchell, with Rev. Otto Duncan officiating. Mr. Haverly was a member of the First Baptist Church, and was affiliated with the Indiana State Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association. Before entering the funeral business Mr. Haverly attended the Marion Teachers College, and taught school for a number of years in Marion Township. He attended the Askin College of Mortuary Sciences, and entered the funeral business at Mitchell in 1910. In addition to his career as a funeral director and his prominence in state Republican offices, Mr. Haverly was actively invested in farming, and owned some farm land in this county. The Sherwood-Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home of Bedford and the Leston Jones Funeral Home of Heltonville are in charge of the arrangements an will conduct the service. The body will lie in state at the Haverly Mortuary in Mitchell after 7:00 p.m. today, and will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Thursday to lie in state there preceding the funeral hour. The casket will not be open after the services. Mr. Haverly will be buried in the Mitchell Cemetery.