The following obituary for Charles Ivey tells
of this church.
May 9, 1895
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. Charles Ivey died at his home at Ivey,
Ga., this morning. He was an uncle of the Ivey brothers, of Macon, and
father of
Mrs. A. H. Rice, of Macon. He was born in
Martin county, North Carolina, in 1816, and went to Baldwin county when
quite
young. He was a Primitive Baptist and highly
respected by all who knew him. One of the last acts of his life was to
build, almost unaided, a church near his home, which bears his name. He
was in the seventy-ninth year of his life when he died.