Obit of Henry Lovett (l130) - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Maggie Wettengel 26 Dec 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kYB.2ACE/1587.1 Chickasha Daily Express, Friday, September 25, 1931, page 8. Lovett Services To Be Conducted Sunday Afternoon Last rites for Henry Lovett, age 42, who paid the supreme penalty for murder when he went to his death in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in McAlester shortly after midnight Thursday, are to be conducted from the Hawkins cemetery southeast of the city Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services are to be conducted by Rev. H.P. Haley, assisted by Rev. H.E. Cook. Lovett was sentenced to death in Canadian county district court for the death of Dee Foliart, El Reno athletic coach, during an alleged attempt to rob an El Reno bank. He is survived by his widow, two sons, his father, John Lovett, of Grady county, four brother, Frank of Oklahoma City, Barney, Alvia and Elmer of Chickasha and a sister, Mamie Lovett of Oklahoma City. Pall-bearers at the service Saturday morning are to be Gordon Hayes, Jim Peevler, Gordon Cook, Clarence Williams, Will Richards, Denver Scurlock. --------------------------------------------------------------------