Obituaries:  Elza Mae Chapman Lovelady, Sabine Parish       L-143
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 12, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Elza Mae Chapman Lovelady

  Funeral services for Elza Mae Chapman Lovelady, 74, of Avondale,
will be held on Wednesday, June 12, at 10 a.m., in the Warren
Meadows Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. E. E. Walker will
officiate. Burial will follow at the Aimwell Cemetery on Highway
1215.

  Mrs. Lovelady died on June 9. She was born in Independence, to
Bennie Chapman and Cora Chapman. She married Rollie James
Lovelady in 1947, and moved to Sabine Parish shortly afterward.
In 1960, she became the proprietor of John Ivy Miller's Grocery
in Negreet. In 1964, she and her husband opened Lovelady's
Grocery and Station in Negreet. The operated the business for
over 30 years.

  Mrs. Lovelady was preceded in death by her beloved husband,
Rollie James Lovelady; a brother, Harold Chapman; and her
parents.

  She is survived by two daughters, Wanda Faye Salter Gilyard of
New Orleans, and Demetris Ann Sharp of Mandeville; a son, James
Bennie Lovelady of Destrehan; a sister, Rose Chapman of
Ponchatoula; a brother, Holland Chapman of Lawtell; seven
grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and a host of nieces,
nephews, and friends.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.