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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Forrest Joe Lovelace
Forrest Joe
Lovelace
November 29, 1921 – June 26, 2009
Forrest Joe Lovelace's Obituary
JOE LOVELACE
ADA-Services for Forrest Joe Lovelace, 87, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday at Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Linda Snelling will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Lovelace died Friday, June 26, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born November 29, 1921 at Jesse, Oklahoma to John Grover and Flora Ethel Stevenson Lovelace. He graduated from Latta High School.
He married Naomi Jean Hensley on December 13, 1940. She preceded him in death on December 26, 2003 at Ada. Mr. Lovelace was a chemist at Ideal Cement, now Holcim until his retirement with 34 years of service. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Mr. Lovelace was a longtime active member of Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he served as a church elder and Sunday school teacher. He and his wife were active with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Camp for over 40 years.
Survivors include a daughter, Becky Davidson and her husband Randy, Ada; three sons, Danny Lovelace and his wife Judy, Gainesville, TX, Larry Lovelace and his wife Jana, Ardmore, and Gary Lovelace and his wife Barbara, Ardmore; eight grandchildren, Michael Lovelace and wife Rebekah, McKinney,TX, Kim Smith and husband Glenn, Marietta, Chad Lovelace and wife Shanna, Ada, Valerie Forsythe and husband Josh, Dale, Stacey Bolin and husband Brandon, Ada, Mandy Roberts and husband Jason, Wilson, Melody Johnson and husband Brandon, Midwest City, Rylee Davidson, Ada, Dannie Sue Davidson, Ada, Terri Mitchell and husband Eddie, Sugarland, TX, Kent Horner and wife Alicia, Lenexa, KS, and Keith Horner and wife Cathy, Mission, KS; great grandchildren, Devyn Smith, Dallen, Dayton and Denton Forsythe, Austin Johnson, Ava and Jessica Bolin, Graham and Katelyn, and Samuel and Naomi Lovelace; a brother, John Lovelace and wife Joyce, Evansville, IN; and one sister, Helen Cooper, Ada.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Bobbie Battle and Inez Stegall and a brother, Marion Lovelace.
Bearers will be Danny Lovelace, Larry Lovelace, Gary Lovelace, Randy Davidson, Michael Lovelace and Chad Lovelace. Honorary bearers will be James Cruson and Quinton Hall.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 15791 SH 1 W, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ADA-Services for Forrest Joe Lovelace, 87, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday at Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Linda Snelling will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. Lovelace died Friday, June 26, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born November 29, 1921 at Jesse, Oklahoma to John Grover and Flora Ethel Stevenson Lovelace. He graduated from Latta High School.
He married Naomi Jean Hensley on December 13, 1940. She preceded him in death on December 26, 2003 at Ada. Mr. Lovelace was a chemist at Ideal Cement, now Holcim until his retirement with 34 years of service. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Mr. Lovelace was a longtime active member of Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he served as a church elder and Sunday school teacher. He and his wife were active with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Camp for over 40 years.
Survivors include a daughter, Becky Davidson and her husband Randy, Ada; three sons, Danny Lovelace and his wife Judy, Gainesville, TX, Larry Lovelace and his wife Jana, Ardmore, and Gary Lovelace and his wife Barbara, Ardmore; eight grandchildren, Michael Lovelace and wife Rebekah, McKinney,TX, Kim Smith and husband Glenn, Marietta, Chad Lovelace and wife Shanna, Ada, Valerie Forsythe and husband Josh, Dale, Stacey Bolin and husband Brandon, Ada, Mandy Roberts and husband Jason, Wilson, Melody Johnson and husband Brandon, Midwest City, Rylee Davidson, Ada, Dannie Sue Davidson, Ada, Terri Mitchell and husband Eddie, Sugarland, TX, Kent Horner and wife Alicia, Lenexa, KS, and Keith Horner and wife Cathy, Mission, KS; great grandchildren, Devyn Smith, Dallen, Dayton and Denton Forsythe, Austin Johnson, Ava and Jessica Bolin, Graham and Katelyn, and Samuel and Naomi Lovelace; a brother, John Lovelace and wife Joyce, Evansville, IN; and one sister, Helen Cooper, Ada.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Bobbie Battle and Inez Stegall and a brother, Marion Lovelace.
Bearers will be Danny Lovelace, Larry Lovelace, Gary Lovelace, Randy Davidson, Michael Lovelace and Chad Lovelace. Honorary bearers will be James Cruson and Quinton Hall.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 15791 SH 1 W, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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