Ivil was a native of Bristol, Virginia and former employee of Bristol Newspapers. He was a retired employee of the United States Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. He was a Veteran of WWII (Pvt. US Marines). He was a member of Holly Springs United Methodist Church in Blountville, TN. He was survived by his wife (Virginia Pauline Ogle), 2 sons, Ivil Lee Lytz, Jr. and Glenn Edward Lytz, 3 Grand children, Kathy Lynn Lytz Goodman, Martin David Lytz and Mark Edward Lytz. He had 2 sisters, Ethel A Lytz Wilmer and Marjorie Jo Lytz Purcell.Ivil began his career with newspapers and printing in his teens by being a newspaper boy, and dutifully getting up early and carrying the newspapers each morning. When in high school he had a wonder (wander) lust which he satisfied by hitch-hiking across the U.S. to various sites and cities. After he met Virginia, he settled down to only newspaper and printing work.He was working at the Kingsport Press on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. We were visiting his family that Sunday afternoon. When he came home from work he told us about the attack. Immediately, he turned on the radio for the news. He was a little to old to be drafted, but he got to thinking about it and decided to sere as a Marine, so one day he went down (to the enlistment office) and signed up. He served in the Pacific theater and was stationed on Guam.While in the service, he saved some of his pay and sent (it) home to be deposited in a savings account. When he was discharged, he used this money to buy his first auto. He (Ivil) owned a 1957 Bel Air Chevrolet convertible (blue and white). He still owned the car in mint condition at his death and it sold for more than he paid for it. He and his wife Virginia decided to buy a 100 acre farm off the Kingsport Highway in Indian Springs, now Blountville. He became a Gentleman farmer on weekends. In later years, he took vacation time from his job in Washington DC to work the farm. -from the Litz/Lytz Book by Marjorie Jo Purcell.