COMMERCE – Bertie Mae Ivester Gordon, 72, died Saturday, January 31, 2015, at University Nursing and Rehab.
Mrs. Gordon was born in Danielsville, the daughter of the late Lemmie and Eppsie Mae Cheek Ivester. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and was retired from Kendall. Mrs. Gordon was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Morris Gordon.
Survivors include daughters, Wanda Patrick, Commerce, and Carey Lynn Hicks, Nicholson; sisters, Mary Whitlock, Commerce, Edith Morrison, Crawford, and Betty McLendon, Commerce; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, February 5, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Duncan officiating. Interment will follow in Jackson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, February 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.