A graveside service for George Lovelace, age 93, of Blanket, will be at 2:00 PM, Monday in the Blanket Cemetery with Bill Slaymaker officiating, under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home.

He died Saturday, April 27, 2013 in a Brownwood nursing facility.

George Holmes Lovelace was born on October 27, 1919 in Brown County to George Thomas and Katie Sandol (Martin) Lovelace.  He attended Woodland Heights and Indian Creek schools before graduating from Buffalo High School in 1939. He went to work for the US Army Corps of Engineers in the construction of Camp Bowie.  He also worked for Crystal Ice.  George married Ila Mae Damron of Blanket on September 11, 1943.  In that same year, George and Ila moved to Irving where he went to work for Sperry Rand Corporation.  He was a member of the Zephyr United Methodist Church.

Geroge was a Boy Scout leader while living in Irving and an excellent guitar player.  He and friends and relatives played for many area nursing homes. He was known for his carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical skills.  He came from a time when you had to fix things instead of replacing them.  He retired to Blanket in 1988 and fulfilled his dream of being a farmer.  Mr. Lovelace was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and uncle.  He loved family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his loving wife of fifty-eight years, two brothers Reuben Patrick Lovelace, Thomas Martin Lovelace, sisters Zeola Frances Johnson, Otie Angenette Cason and Mary Blanche Jones, a young brother Benny Lovelace and twins sisters.

Those left to cherish his memories are son Randall Lovelace and wife Shirley of Zephyr; a grandson Jason Lovelace and wife Kerry of Round Rock; two great-grandsons, Jason Kyle Lovelace and Matt Murdock; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Condolences can be offered to the family at www.heratlandfuneralhome.net.