Iva Nell Harrod

Iva Nell Harrod, born Iva Nell Flippo on February 9, 1932, in Marion County, Alabama went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. She was 94 years of age.

Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. in Ty Ty First Baptist Church. The interment will follow the service in the church cemetery.The family will receive friends on Friday evening at Albritton Funeral Directors from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., but also beginning at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday morning before the service at Ty Ty First Baptist Church.

Mrs. Harrod was a remarkable woman of faith, strength, determination, and love. Her devotion to the Lord, to her family, and to her church was evident to all who knew her. A proud member of Ty Ty First Baptist Church in Ty Ty, Georgia, for eighty-three years, where she had served as the  church clerk and the church hostess,  She certainly lived a life grounded in Christian faith and steadfast commitment.  

She spent most of her life in Tift County where she graduated from Tifton High School in 1950. After graduation, she met and married Johnnie Harrod and they were married on December 21, 1952 while he was in the Army.  She worked various jobs during her life including working with the phone company as an operator, bookkeeper for The Style Shop and J. P. Stevens as a thread maker. Later she became an entrepreneur with, Amway, Doctors and Nurses Weight Loss Clinic, selling tupperware, vacuums, and jewelry.

Her family takes comfort in the assurance that she is now in the presence of Jesus and reunited with the love of her life, Johnnie Harrod, to whom she was married for sixty-six years at the time of his death. Their marriage reflected a lifelong commitment of love and faithfulness and stood as a lasting example to those around them for sixty-six years.

Mrs. Harrod left a Godly heritage to her family and a legacy that will continue for generations to come. Her life reflected the words of II Timothy 4:7: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Those who knew her will remember the steadfast way she lived out that verse through her faith, her strength, and her enduring love.

She is survived by her son, Randy Harrod of Deland, Florida, and Randy’s wife, Linda; her sister, Frankie Hannon of Ty Ty, Georgia, and Frankie’s husband, Herman Hannon; and her grandchildren, Chandler Oppenheim and Christie Harrod Evans and Christie's husband Bryce, along with one great granddaughter, Isla Grace Evans born March 31, 2026. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Harrod ,son, Keith Harrod, and by her parents, William Curtis Flippo and Alda Bell Flippo.

Mrs. Harrod’s memory will be treasured by her family and friends, and her example will remain a blessing to all whose lives she touched.

Albritton Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.