This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kindred, Ashley, Towry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TaB.2ACI/1925 Message Board Post: IVA DELL KINDRED was born on Sep 25, 1927 in Texanna, OK, one of 9 children of Thomas and Cinda (Ashley) Towry, married Mann “Cotton” Kindred in Fort Smith, AR on Dec 12, 1946, and died Dec 15, 2003 at the Muskogee Regional Health Center. Funeral services were Dec 18 at the First Baptist Church of Checotah followed by burial in Greenlawn Cemetery under the direction of Hunn, Black & Merritt Funeral Home. Survivors include sons, Randolph Kindred and wife Kay of Checotah and J T Kindred and wife Sheree also of Checotah; diaghters, Cynthia J Pippenger and husband John of Harrah, OK, Zipporah kathleen Scott and husband Rick of Altamont, KS and Patricia A Moses and husband Ralph of Warner; brothers, J D Towry of Keefton, OK and Owen Towry of Broken Arrow, OK; sisters, Evelyn Sizemore of Bakersfield, CA, Marie Sharp of El Paso, TX and Nettie Jo Childs of Jackson, TN; 14 grandchildren, Shaena, Callie, Mandy, Weston, Seth, Madison, Jaylee, Jeff, Suzi, Jenny, Sara, Samantha, Shane and Jason and 18 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two br9other, Melvin and Obie; one sister, Hester Campbell and one grandson, Derek Scott. THE INDIAN JOURNAL, Thursday, December 25, 2003, page 7