Mr. Joseph B. Ivey, 29, son of Mr. W.R. Ivey of Lumberton, was electrocuted by a live wire at the substation of the Southern Power Co. at Great Falls, S.C., yesterday as he was doing repair work, and his body was brought this morning to Lumberton, where interment will be made tomorrow.
Mr. Ivey had been with the Southern Power Co. for 15 months. Previous to that time he was at North Wilkesboro for a short time. Before going to North Wilkesboro he was at Maxton as clerk of the hotel there for a number of years.
When the body arrived in Lumberton on the morning train, it was taken to the home of Mr. Ivey’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Prevatte where the funeral will be conducted tomorrow morning at 10:30 by Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Interment will be made in Meadowbrook Cemetery.
Mr. Ivey was the youngest son of Mr. W. R. Ivey of Lumberton by his first wife. He is survived by his father, by three brothers—Mr. Roy Ivey, Lumberton; Mr. B. C. Ivey, Hopewell, Va.; and Mr. Harry N. Ivey, New York; by three sisters—Mrs. A. H. Prevatte, Lumberton; Mrs. A. R. Pittman, Fairmont; and Mrs. J. P. Lec, Fayetteville; and by one half-brother and one half-sister, both of Lumberton—Mr. Sam ivey and Miss Blanche Ivey.
From the front page of the Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 21, 1926
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