Ivory Lee Williams, son of Ivory Luther and Ludie Emma Daniel Williams, was born in Friendship, Tenn., on Feb. 26, 1911. Ivory was a first cousin to Ulrich Watlington and a brother to Ludie Virginia Williams Webster. Aunt Ludie was the youngest child of Ralph Whitfield Daniel and America Tabitha Anderson, and less than seven years older than Ulrich A. Watlington, her nephew.
Ivory grew up in Crockett Co. where he farmed with his father and he and Uncle Luther enjoyed hunting and fishing along the Forked Deer River there. The home was near Tigrett, a station on the old railroad there.
Ivory Lee never married and made his home with his parents, as long as possible. His sister, Ludie Virginia Williams, married David Franklin Webster and has two sons who continue to live in Crockett Co. He died at his home in Tiptonville, Tenn., on Sept. 26, 1993, and was buried in the Friendship Cemetery on Old Bells Rd., Crockett Co., Tenn.