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Surnames: Lovelace, Causby, Clary, Seagle, Mauney, Shepherd, Brittain, Ezell, Rhoney
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Hickory Record
Hickory, NC
June 14, 2003
WILLIE H. LOVELACE
VALDESE - Willie Harold Lovelace, 77, of Hickory, died Thursday, June
12, 2003, at Hospice Shytle House, Valdese, after a period of
declining health.
Mr. Lovelace was born April 24, 1926, in Rutherford County, to the
late Harrison and Ollie Causby Lovelace.
He retired with over 34 years of service as a knitter and fixer in
the hosiery industry.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Eddie
Harold Lovelace, and two sisters, Selma Lovelace and Thelma Clary.
Survivors include his wife, Shelby Jean Brittain Lovelace of the
home; two sons, Davie Allen Lovelace and Robert Lee Lovelace of
Granite Falls; two daughters, Pattie Lovelace and Kathy Elizabeth
Seagle of Hickory; two brothers, Sam Lovelace of Connelly Springs and
William Lovelace of Casar; five sisters, Mary Mauney of Shelby, Irene
Shepherd of Ellenboro, Alpha Brittain of Hickory, Evelyn Ezell of
Icard and Lavonda Rhoney of Lenoir; 18 grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
The funeral services for Willie H. Lovelace will be at 2 p.m. Sunday,
June 15, 2003, at Hildebran View Baptist Church with the Rev. Dwight
Lowman officiating.
Interment will follow in the Hildebran View Baptist Church Cemetery.
The Lovelace family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at
Heritage Funeral Service.