Samuel Edwin Lovin

Funeral services for Samuel Edwin Lovin, 85 of Tyler, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19, 2015 in the chapel of Jackson?s Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home with Pastor Francisco Maya officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Samuel was born on August 23, 1930 in Tyler to William Robert and Clara Estelle Lovin and passed away on November 16, 2015 in Tyler. He was the owner/operator of Lovin?s Food Store on N. Church St. in Tyler for many years and a member of Central Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents and a sister Clara Pearl. He is survived by a daughter, Carla Hernandez and husband Eduardo of Tyler; a son, Carlos Maya of Tyler: niece LaWanda Mireles of Tyler; 12 grandchildren, Juan T. Maya and wife Rachael, Miguel Maya and wife Brittney, Jason Maya and wife Ashley, Stacey Williams, Shawn Maya, Marissa Maya, Pedro Maya and wife Krystal, Francisco Maya and wife Elizabeth, Jessica Mata, Alfredo Mireles and Jonathan Mireles; and 14 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Juan T. Maya, Miguel Maya, Jason Maya, Shawn Maya, Pedro Maya, Alfredo Mireles and Honorary Pallbearer Jonathan Mireles. The family will receive friends from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Wednesday at Jackson?s Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home. To see online please visit www.burkswalkertippit.com.