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Funeral Service |
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Wednesday, November 25th @ 11:00 am |
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Tuesday, November 24th @ 4:00-7:00 pm |
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Wednesday, November 25th @ 10:00-11:00 am |
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Wednesday, November 25th |
MITCHELL – Ira E. Bex, 87, passed away Friday evening at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital.
Born September 4, 1928, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Isom and Della (Ray) Bex. He married Virginia Rose Ritchison May 28, 1955.
Ira retired from Carpenter Body Works and was a deacon and member of the Fairview Church of Christ. He enjoyed gardening, being outdoors, building birdhouses and clocks, and was also a quilter.
Ira was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving: wife,
Virginia Bex, Mitchell
daughter,
Cathy L. Bex, Mitchell
brother,
Leonard Bex, Mitchell
14 nephews
8 nieces
His parents; sisters, Nellie Johnson, Mahala Edwards, Bessie Callahan, Roseann Wininger, and Flossie Williams; brothers, Asa, Archie, Chester, and Elmer Bex; and five nephews and six nieces preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Brother Richard Holt and Brother Kris Beasley officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery with military honors accorded by American Legion Post No. 250 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9107.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 10:00 a.m. until the service on Wednesday at the funeral home.
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