L. H. Ivy

Background

Ivy, L. H. was born on May 15, 1930 in Decaturville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Howard Amon and Annie Smith (Gathings) Ivy.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1954. Doctor of Humanities, Gulf Coast Seminary, 1990. American Farmer Degree (honorary), Future Farmers of America, 1990.

Career

Teacher, coach, Wayne County High School, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1954-1955; Teacher, coach, Decatur County High School, Decaturville, Tennessee, 1955-1958; salesman, American Cyanamid Company, North Carolina, 1959-1966; salesman, American Cyanamid Company, Tennessee, 1959-1966; salesman, Tennessee Farm Bureau, Union City, 1966-1976; humorist, Top Billing International, Nashville, 1977; state representative, State of Tennessee, Nashville, 1984-1989; chairman agriculture, State of Tennessee, Nashville, since 1989.

Achievements

• L. H. Ivy has been listed as a noteworthy state agriculture commissioner, humorist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairman American Heart Association, Tennessee, 1991. With United States Air Force, 1948-1949. Member National Association Recording Artists, National Speakers Association, Southern Association State Department Agriculture (president 1991), Country Music Association, Gideons International, Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary.

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing, football, basketball, baseball.

Connections

Married Patsy Lou Joyner, October 26, 1949. Children: Jan L., Robert G., Victor Lee., Timothy H.

Father:

Howard Amon Ivy

Mother:

Annie Smith (Gathings) Ivy

Spouse:

Patsy Lou Joyner

child:

Jan L. Ivy

child:

Robert G. Ivy

child:

Timothy H. Ivy

child:

Victor Lee. Ivy