Charlene Ivey

SHREVEPORT, LA -A Funeral service for Charlene Ivey, 68, will be held at 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Park West Cemetery. Rev. Larry Tucker will be officiating. Visitation will be held at 6:00-8:00 p.m. p.m. on Monday, August 21, 2017 at Rose-Neath Southside Funeral Home. Charlene was a loving mother, wife, grandmother, and beloved sister. Charlene enjoyed dancing with her husband; member of an APA Pool League, representing Connie's Hideaway; loved her birds, caring for them and enjoyed their company. She was tough under the strain of any storm. Charlene is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Elbert Don Ivey; mother, Rhodia Bennett; father, Jessie Thomas Oats; sister, Mary Margaret. Left to cherish her beautiful memories are her sons, Jeffery Carl Allen, Anthony Kelley, J.W. Ivey, Terry Ivey, Donald Ivey and Phillip Ivey; daughters, Gwen B. Tuggle, Candes Lynn Kelley, and Tammy Lofton; grandchildren, Colten Kelley, Logan Kelley and many others in different areas of the states; sisters, Betty Marie Leach and Shirley Ann Oats; brothers, Billy Oats, Jessie Thomas Oats, Ray Oats and Charles Edward Oats. Honoring Charlene as an honorary pallbearer is Shirley Oats. Colten Kelley, Logan Kelley, Stephen Fomby, Royce Barfus, Trey Wright, Anthony Kelley, and Jay Cougar will serve as pallbearers. Charlene's family extends special thanks to the staff of Regional Hospice for the wonderful care they gave to both our father and mother. The care both received was above and beyond excellent service. Her family also wishes to honor the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines for allowing our boys to be with their grandmother during both she and our father's illnesses. Colten Kelley, you did an amazing job caring for your grandmother.