Mrs. Lunell (Culp) Lovett, age 95 of Benton, KY, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Ashby Place Assisted Living in Benton, KY.
Born Wednesday, March 3, 1920 in Gilbertsville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Odie E. Culp and the late Mary (Filbeck) Culp. Mrs. Lovett was a homemaker and a loving mother. She taught 2nd grade at Gilbertsville Elementary, was a charter member of the Benton Garden Club, was a member of Benton First United Methodist Church where she taught the kindergarten sunday school class for many years.
Surviving are her daughter, Jeri Harrell, husband Jim of Benton, KY, her son, John C. Lovett of Tallahassee, FL, grandchildren: Andrew Clay Harrell of Daytona Beach Shores, FL, Seeley Guiterez of Head, OR, Lucy Clay McGehee of Tallahassee, FL and Hardin Lovett of Atlanta, GA, great grandchildren: Mattie McGehee and Sarah Jane McGehee both of Tallahassee, FL.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 63 years John Clay Lovett and by one brother, John Lowell Culp.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Collier Funeral Home, Benton KY. Rev. Mark Stephens will officiate. Interment will follow the service in the Benton Cemetery, Benton, KY. The family will receive friends after 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2015 until the funeral hour at Collier Funeral Home, 211 West 5th, Benton, KY.
Mrs. Lovett’s family would like to extend a special heart felt “Thank You” to her caregivers, nurses and staff of Ashby Place. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Benton First United Methodist Church Building Fund 845 U.S. Hwy 641 Spur, Benton, KY 42025 or to the Humane Society of Marshall County 6301 U.S. Hwy 68, Benton, KY 42025.