Ronceverte-Betty Virginia Lovelace, 76, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021.
Betty was born Oct. 15, 1945 in Ronceverte to the late Clarence Edward and Katherine Morgan Yates.
Betty was a 1963 graduate of Greenbrier High School in Ronceverte and loved her classmates. She was a member of the Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene where she was a devout Christian and loved God, her family and church. Betty’s most important job was to be a loving mother and grandmother. She was a retired office assistant with the Probation and Parole office.
Other than her parents, Betty was preceded in death by brothers, Ralph, Charles and Basil Yates.
Survivors include her husband, Leon Pershing Lovelace of Ronceverte; daughters, Tracey Walker and husband Joe of Hillsboro, Nikki Dolan and husband Mike of Ronceverte and Jaclyn Lea Adkins and husband Kenny of Caldwell; stepsons, David Leon Lovelace and wife Sherry and Donald Edward Lovelace and wife Kasie of Ronceverte; grandchildren, Jesse Walker, Dalton Walker and wife Melissa, Micah Pritt and husband Lance, Cryslyn Burdett and husband Tyler, Camryn Dolan, Makenna Dolan, Carter Elliott, Miriam Adkins, Malachi Adkins, Kenlea Adkins, Kennison Adkins, Keenan Adkins, Jessica Hambrick and husband Michael, Sammy Lovelace, Bethany Lovelace, Kacey Brant-Withrow; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Carl Yates of Fort Worth, TX; sisters-in-law, Dodie Yates of Azle, TX, Mozelle Yates of Bethany, OK and Donna Yates of Ronceverte; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 27, at the Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Scott Buell and Pastor Terry Simpkins officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery at Ronceverte.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 27, at the Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene.
In lieu of flowers, it was Betty’s wish for donations to be made to: Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene, 167 Dawkins Drive, Lewisburg, WV 24901.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte is in charge of arrangements.
Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com