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GARY DON LOVELACE Gary Don Lovelace passed away at his Ada, OK residence on December 15, 2025 at the age of 76 years. Memorial services directed by his Family will be held at Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Ada, Okla., on Thursday, December 18 at 2:30pm with Reverend Duawn Mearns officiating. Gary was born in Ada, Oklahoma to the late Forrest Joe Lovelace and Naomi Jean Hensley Lovelace on December 25, 1948. He graduated from Latta High School and attended schools at ECU and Baptist Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. He married Barbara Ann Lovelace on September 5, 1970, in Memphis, Tennessee. The couple made Ardmore their home in 1971. He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara. Gary is survived by daughter, Kim Parsons and husband, Mike, of Ada, Okla., son; Chad Lovelace and wife, Shanna, of Ada, Okla., four grandchildren; Devyn Smith, Blaze Lovelace, Graham Winchester and Katelyn Winchester Cooper and four great-grandkids; Kaysen Smith, Remington Winchester, Raleigh and River Cooper, wife, Julia Mayo Lovelace, two brothers Danny and wife Judy Lovelace of Sadler, TX, twin brother Larry and wife Donna Lovelace of Kingston, OK and sister Becky and husband Randy Davidson of Ada, OK. Condolences may be left at www.griffinhillcrest.com.

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Published by The Daily Ardmoreite from Dec. 17 to Dec. 18, 2025.

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