2nd Corinthians 5-8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Mary Ruth Lovelace, 68, Elizabethton went to be with her Lord, Sunday, July 6, 2025 at the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late J. C. & Irene Morton Nave. She was retired from the East Side Elementary School as a Cafeteria Manager. She loved going to the lake. She was a member of the Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church and the Young At Heart Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Joyce Norman, Louise Ingram, Iva Lee Beamer Charlotte Street, Monnie Williams and Marion Hulse, her brothers: Cecil Morton, James Leonard Morton and Charles Morton.

Survivors include her husband: of 35 years: Terry Lovelace. One Daughter: Celena Burgess and husband, Chad. Three Grandsons: Gavin Chaffin, Andrew Chaffin and wife Courtney and Elijah Chaffin. One Sister: Carolyn Lyons & Husband Lloyd. One Brother: James Nave. Many Nieces and Nephews survive.

Graveside Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2025 in the Lyons Cemetery with Pastors Randy Johnson and Mark Potter. Active Pallbearers will be: Gavin Chaffin, Andrew Chaffin, Elijah Chaffin, Chad Burgess, Lloyd Lyons , Nate Nidiffer and Darrell Lyons. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Young At Heart Sunday School Class. Friends may sign their presence at the funeral home Friday 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.. Condolences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Saturday.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Lovelace family