Mrs. Iva Mae (Bean) Burruss, age 88, of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Signature Healthcare of Monroe County. Iva Mae was born at home on April 24, 1937, a daughter of the late Delbert Eugene and Mamie Jewell (Hargis) Bean. She was the salutatorian for the 1955 graduating class of Gamaliel High School, and retired from Key Work Clothes, where she was a secretary. Iva Mae was a member of Beautiful Home Missionary Baptist Church and had been attending Gamaliel Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery and playing the piano.
She is survived by three brothers, Jimmy Bean and wife Wanda, Bobby Bean, both of Hohenwald, Tennessee, and Steve Bean, of Fountain Run; four grandchildren; April Hagan and husband Jason, of Gallatin, Emily Thurman and wife Vanessa, of Bugtussle, Alicia Bowles and husband Shannon, of Glasgow, and Jesse Thompson and wife Terrish, of Moss, 22 great grandchildren, 13 great-great grandchildren, with one on the way, along with special friends; Jim Shirley, Dean and Jane Rouse also survive.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Jesse Elmer Thompson, and Benny Burruss, two children: Rebecca “Becky” Marion, and Don Marrs Thompson, two brothers, Tommy and Bill Bean, one sister, Betty Jean Grider, and one great-great grandchild, Jace D. Fox.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, from Bartley & Sons Funeral Home in Tompkinsville, with burial to follow in the Beautiful Home Cemetery. Bro. Danny Pace will officiate the services.
Visitation will be held from 3 until 8 p.m. on Monday, January 19, and continue after 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning until the time for services at 2 p.m.
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