Boyd J. Lovelace, Jr. < ????? Can anyone connect to Boyd? Thanks, Bob ============================ IRON STATION - C. Dillard Stiles Sr., 86, died Oct. 18, 2014, at his home in Iron Station.He was born June 12, 1928, to the late Marion Vance "M.V." Stiles and Mary Ann Wallace Stiles of Gas-ton County. Dillard was a member of Mt. View Agape Church in Crowders Mountain, and loved playing gospel and bluegrass music. He retired from Carolina Mills after 44 years.In addition to his parents, Dillard was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Lucy Bush Stiles; son, Charles Dillard Stiles Jr.; brothers, Kenneth Stiles, Harold Stiles, and Junior Stiles; and sister, Shirley Stiles.Survivors include his son, Marion Stiles and wife, Sherry, of Conover; daughters, Judy Hull and hus-band, Reverend Robert Hull, of Iron Station, //Betty Lovelace and husband, Boyd//, of Iron Station, Pam Lowery of High Shoals, and Darlene Lane and husband, the Rev. Tim Lane of Hurt, Va.; brothers, Marvin Stiles and wife, Frances, of Newton, Carroll Stiles and wife, Carolyn, of Claremont, and Eugene "Gene" Stiles and wife, Alice, of Newton; 12 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.A service of remembrance will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Conover. The Revs. Harry Davis, Robert Hull, and Tim Lane will officiate. Burial will be in the Conover City Cemetery. Charlie Stiles, Derek Stiles, Austin Stiles, Michael More-head, Frank Ingle, and Ashley Burke will serve as pallbearers. Danny Lane will serve as an honorary pallbearer.The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Lincoln County: 900 Dontia Drive, Lincoln, North Carolina 28092.Condolences may be made to the Stiles family at www.drumfh-conover.com.Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover is honored to serve the Stiles family. Published in Gaston Gazette on Oct. 21, 2014

Bob, I think I may have this one, after crawling all over the web and in my database looking.... First of all, Iron Station is in Lincoln Co., NC, just outside Lincolnton on the Charlotte side. I looked through my database and found a Boyd Lovelace who lived in Lincolnton in 2001 and was listed as a survivor in the obituary of Sarah White Lovelace, published in the Gaston Gazette on 25 June 2001. It says, "She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Andy and Vanner Thorn White, wife of the late Sam Lovelace, homemaker." A search on FamilySearch.org for "Boyd Lovelace" who lived in North Carolina returned a hit for one Boyd J. Lovelace, born August 1944, who lived in Lincolnton in 2007, according to the database "United States Public Records, 1970-2009." That hit listed possible relatives Bobby Carol Lovelace, Jamie Sam Lovelace, Levon Lovelace, and Randy S. Lovelace. I checked my database and found Bobby Carol Lovelace, who was born 5 June 1949 according to some old data I received eons ago from Cuzzin Doug (probably from the NC birth registers). Bobby is the son of Sarah and Sam. I also found a Jamie Lovelace who was listed as a pallbearer and grandson in Sarah's obituary. Sam's death certificate from Lincoln County shows him as the son of Street and Martha Denton Lovelace, born 26 July 1923 in Rutherford Count, and died 2 July 1986 en route to the Lincoln County Hospital after cardiac arrest. His wife Sarah was the informant for the death certificate. I have Street as the son of William and Sarah Bridges Lovelace, William as the son of Green and Rebecca Moore Lovelace, Green as the son of Benjamin and Nancy Lovelace, and Benjamin as the son of ol' Barton the horse thief. Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bgsroots via Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:07 PM To: LL Subject: [LL] C. Dillard Stiles, Sr mentions daughter Betty (Boyd) Lovelace - NC Boyd J. Lovelace, Jr. < ????? Can anyone connect to Boyd? Thanks, Bob ============================ IRON STATION - C. Dillard Stiles Sr., 86, died Oct. 18, 2014, at his home in Iron Station.He was born June 12, 1928, to the late Marion Vance "M.V." Stiles and Mary Ann Wallace Stiles of Gas-ton County. Dillard was a member of Mt. View Agape Church in Crowders Mountain, and loved playing gospel and bluegrass music. He retired from Carolina Mills after 44 years.In addition to his parents, Dillard was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Lucy Bush Stiles; son, Charles Dillard Stiles Jr.; brothers, Kenneth Stiles, Harold Stiles, and Junior Stiles; and sister, Shirley Stiles.Survivors include his son, Marion Stiles and wife, Sherry, of Conover; daughters, Judy Hull and hus-band, Reverend Robert Hull, of Iron Station, //Betty Lovelace and husband, Boyd//, of Iron Station, Pam Lowery of High Shoals, and Darlene Lane and husband, the Rev. Tim Lane of Hurt, Va.; brothers, Marvin Stiles and wife, Frances, of Newton, Carroll Stiles and wife, Carolyn, of Claremont, and Eugene "Ge! ne" Stiles and wife, Alice, of Newton; 12 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.A service of remembrance will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Conover. The Revs. Harry Davis, Robert Hull, and Tim Lane will officiate. Burial will be in the Conover City Cemetery. Charlie Stiles, Derek Stiles, Austin Stiles, Michael More-head, Frank Ingle, and Ashley Burke will serve as pallbearers. Danny Lane will serve as an honorary pallbearer.The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Lincoln County: 900 Dontia Drive, Lincoln, North Carolina 28092.Condolences may be made to the Stiles family at www.drumfh-conover.com.Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover is honored to serve the Stiles family. Published in Gaston Gazette on Oct. 21, 2014 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message