Obituary of Graden Duane Lovelace

A Celebration of Life for Graden Duane Lovelace of New Haven, MO will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2016 at Memorial Baptist Church in New Haven, MO. Rev. Joe Nogalski, church pastor will officiate. A second Celebration of Life for Graden will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Asbury United Methodist Church near Foley, MO. Rev. Karla Cunningham, church pastor, and Pastors Bill Clanahan and Jack Gillespie, Asbury Bible Camp Pastors, will officiate. Graden, 20, passed away early Saturday morning, August 13, 2016 the result of a motor vehicle accident in Moniteau County, MO. Born June 11, 1996 in Lake St. Louis, MO, he was the son of James Graden Lovelace and Shonda Jean Harrelson Lovelace. He grew up racing Go Karts and later Sprint Cars, winning many championships. Graden was a 2014 graduate of New Haven High School. He was a third year student at the University of Missouri School of Pharmacy in Kansas City, MO, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Bradley Harrelson. Survivors include his father, Jim Lovelace and his fiance, Donna Evans, of Moscow Mills, MO; his mother and step-father, Shonda and Curtis Boyer of New Haven; his brother, Chevy Boyer of New Haven; and his sister, Kara Lovelace-Greer and her partner, Sarah, of Carbondale, IL. He also leaves his paternal grandparents, Don and Elwanda Lovelace of Elsberry, MO; his maternal grandparents, Jerry and Luna McMichael of Troy, MO, Jo Linda Harrelson of Helena, GA; Mary Ann Albright of Queen City, MO; and Ginger Boyer of St. Louis, MO; his great-grandmother, Betty Martin of Eolia, MO; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and many, many friends. Visitation will be held in New Haven from 4:00 p.m. until time of the service at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2016 at Memorial Baptist Church; and from 9:00 a.m. until time of the service at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Asbury United Methodist Church near Foley. Memorials may be made to the Family of Graden Lovelace to be split between scholarships at New Haven High School, the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and the Asbury Bible Camp in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343. Online condolences may be made at www.carterricksfuneralhome.com.