Ermal Dale Lovelace

Ermal Dale Lovelace, 84, of Nixa, formerly of West Plaines, passed away Nov. 3, 2018, at the Northwood Hills Health Care in Humansville. He was born Dec.15, 1933, in Cross Roads, Ark., to John Harmon and Julia (Arnold) Lovelace.
Lovelace attended school at West Plains and was a United States Army veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. He was an outside sales representative for the TBN Electric Company in West Plains and was a member of the Seminole Baptist Church in Springfield. In 1955, he married Daisy Louise Budd in West Plains. She preceded him in death in 2016.
Lovelace is survived by: daughter, Michelle Cox, of Mt. Vernon; sisters, Lois Carpenter and Jeanette Johnson; brothers, Lloyd and Jerry Lovelace; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by: his parents; his wife; sister, Velma Smith; and six brothers, Doyle, Floyd, Curtis, Thomas, Joseph and Donald Lovelace.
Burial will be at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Online condolences may be shared at www.FossettMosherFuneralHome.com.