Carter Co., OK - OBIT: Marie Elizabeth LOVETT USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Howard Grisso ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surnames: LOVETT, Decker, Baze, Sowter Print Message LOVETT, Marie Elizabeth Medford Mail Tribune, OR 06-05-2001 Marie Elizabeth Lovett The funeral service for Marie E. Lovett will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland. The Rev. Bob Gass of Harvest Baptist Temple, Medford, will officiate. The graveside service will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland. Mrs. Lovett, 81, formerly of Ashland, died Saturday (June 2, 2001) at Eagle Cove Assisted Living in Eagle Point. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Jackson County Unit, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501. She was born May 27, 1920, in Wilson, Okla., a daughter of Frank and Virgie (Decker) Baze. On Aug. 24, 1938, in Albuquerque, N.M., she married Frank G. Lovett, who died in 1982. They came to Ashland in 1954 from Bakersfield, Calif., and moved to Medford in 1980. She also lived in Central Point and Shady Cove before moving to Eagle Point in the spring of 2000. Mrs. Lovett worked as a caregiver in local convalescent homes. Survivors include two sons, Danny, Shady Cove, and Paul, Bakersfield, Calif.; two brothers, Doc Baze, Porterville, Calif., and Bobby Baze, Wasco, Calif.; a sister, Gertrude Sowter, Marlow, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Jerry and Ronnie. Friends may pay their respects from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland. LOVETT DECKER BAZE SOWTER Howard Grisso Medford, OR