Tootsy InezLovelace

 Tootsy Inez Lovelace, 76, of Mesquite passed away February 3, 2010 at Dallas Regional Hospital in Mesquite.  Services will be at 2:00 PM Saturday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Greenwalt officiating.  Interment will follow at Brigham Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at the funeral home.

Tootsy was born on March 7, 1933 in Celeste to Albert Lee and Juanita Taylor Williams.  On March 31, 1951 she married Billy Paul Lovelace in Greenville.  She was a retired bookkeeper.  She enjoyed bowling, visiting beaches, and loved horses.  She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. 

Her survivors include sons Tim Lovelace of Grand Prairie and Glenn Lovelace of Artesia, New Mexico; daughter Kathy Lovelace of Mesquite; grandchildren Jeremy Lovelace of San Antonio, Aaron Lovelace of  Garland, David and William Lovelace and Nicki Bazyk all of Artesia, New Mexico; great-grandchildren Sami Lovelace of San Antonio, Willow Bazyk of Artesia, New Mexico and Andrew Asa Lovelace of Garland;  and sisters Jessie Lee Flowers of  Duncanville and Barbara Jean Flowers of Greenville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 2008, and sister Dorothy Pearl Babb.

Pallbearers will be Aaron Lovelace, David Lovelace, Jeremy Lovelace, William Lovelace, David Sharp, and Steve Sharp.

The family request memorials be made to the Polycystic Kidney Foundation, 12226 Parkbend, Dallas, TX   75230 or the American Heart Association, 1615 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX   75207-8806.