Graden D. Lovelace(1996 - 2016) Celebrations of life for Graden Duane Lovelace, New Haven, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Memorial Baptist Church, New Haven, with the Rev. Joe Nogalski, church pastor, officiating. A second celebration of life for Graden will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Asbury United Methodist Church near Foley, with the Rev. Karla Cunningham, church pastor, and Pastors Bill Clanahan and Jack Gillespie, Asbury Bible Camp pastors, officiating. Graden, 20, passed away early Saturday morning, Aug. 13, 2016, the result of a motor vehicle accident in Moniteau County. Born June 11, 1996, in Lake St. Louis, 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, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Survivors include his father, Jim Lovelace and fiancee Donna Evans, Moscow Mills; his mother and stepfather, Shonda and Curtis Boyer, New Haven; his brother, Chevy Boyer, New Haven; and his sister, Kara Lovelace-Greer and her partner, Sarah, Carbondale, Ill. He also leaves his paternal grandparents, Don and Elwanda Lovelace, Elsberry; his maternal grandparents, Jerry and Luna McMichael, Troy, Jo Linda Harrelson, Helena, Ga.; Mary Ann Albright, Queen City, and Ginger Boyer, St. Louis; his great-grandmother, Betty Martin, Eolia; several aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and many, many friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Bradley Harrelson. Visitation will be held at Memorial Baptist Church, New Haven, from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 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. Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343. Online condolences may be made at www.carterricksfuneralhome.com. The family is being served by Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes, Elsberry. Funeral Home Carter-Ricks Funeral Home 107 S 5Th St Elsberry, MO 63343 (573) 898-2181 Published in The Missourian on Aug. 17, 2016