Essie Mae (Groves) Lovell, 95
A grocery store operator, she was an avid gardener and cook and helpmate to her husband who was a minister, pastoring in North Carolina and Gainesville.
The daughter of William Thomas (Shug) and Sarah Ellen Raines Groves, she was preceded in death by siblings, Dellie L., Verlin G., Elsie M., Claude S., Fannie M., Robert H. and Ruby M. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Arlen Boyd; grandparents, Elmina Patton and William H. Groves; son and his wife, Lovell and Helen M. Lovell; grandchildren, Stanley L. Thomas and Joy Dawn Massey.
She is survived by daughters, Arlene G. Thomas of Kennesaw, Ga., Betty E. and Ralph L. Myers of Brasstown, N.C.; son, the late Leon B. Lovell; daughter, Norma Jean Winters and son-in-law, Grady M. Winters of Gainesville; son, Melvin A. Lovell of Morrison; daughter, Gwen L. Gunnells and son-in-law, Malcolm G. Gunnells of Gainesville; 19 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, 22 great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Corinth Bapitst Church.
Information courtesy of High Funeral Home.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 9, 2005