Mrs. Tracy Ivey, age 47, of Fort Oglethorpe, GA, formerly of Summerville, GA, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015, at her residence.
 
Mrs. Ivey was born May 23, 1968, in Rome, GA, daughter of Patricia Ann Ward Sweatman and the late James Nixon "Nick" Sweatman.  She was a 1986 graduate of Chattooga High School and received her nursing degree from Floyd College in 1992.  She has worked with Floyd Medical Center and Redmond Regional Medical Center for over 20 years.  For the last few years, she has worked in the home health field.  She was a very devoted nurse and friend to all those she came into contact with.  She was presently attending and active with Heritage Point Baptist Church in Fort Oglethorpe.  In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clayton and Frances Ward and Ed and Annie Ruth Sweatman.
 
Mrs. Ivey is survived by her husband, Darrell Ivey; son and daughter-in-law, Jesse and Ariel Crider; daughter, Jasmine Crider; mother, Pat Sweatman; sisters and brother-in-law, Cynthia Diane "DeeDee" Shedd, Michelle and Brit Copeland; grandsons, Brody Lane Crider, Avery Nixon Crider; nieces and nephews, Eston and Tiara Burdick, Devin and Kadi Burdick, Tabi Burdick, Braden Shedd, Nick and Noah Copeland; great-nieces, Lana Burdick, Kali Burdick.  Several aunts, uncles, and cousins also survive.
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Ivey will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 11, 2015, from the Ebenezer Baptist Church with Pastor Neal Brown and Pastor Larry Scoggins officiating.  Interment will follow in the Fisher's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Justin Fletcher, Blake Fletcher, Ryan Fletcher, Nick Copeland, Noah Copeland, and Mason Shedd, and are asked to meet at the church at 1:30 P.M.  Friday.  Honorary pallbearers will be Eston Burdick, Devin Burdick, Tabi Burdick, and Braden Shedd.
 
Mrs. Ivey will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, September 10, 2015.  She will also be in state at Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1:30 P.M. until the hour of service on Friday.
 
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Tracy Sweatman Ivey who died on Sunday