Frank Lovell

Funeral services for Frank Lovell, 70, Abilene, Texas, resident, were held Monday at Trinity Baptist Church in Abilene with Pastor Kevin Kennedy officiating.

Lovell died Sept. 4, 2014. He was born April 20, 1944, in Cordell, the son of Earl and Helene Lovell.

He attended school at Cloud Chief and graduated from Cordell High School in 1962.

Lovell was an accomplished athlete, having competed in football, basketball, baseball and track, and was voted most athletic in his class.

He attended the University of Oklahoma on a basketball scholarship. He also served his country with honor in the United States Army.

He married Barbara Keen on June 28, 1968 in Shawnee.

He worked at automotive dealerships throughout Texas and Oklahoma, but his final position was as the new car sales manager at Lawrence Hall.

He was a longtime member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors included his wife, Barbara; a step-son, Tony, and his wife, Donna, of Cache; three sons, Tyler and his wife, Amy, Lynn and his wife, Stephanie, and John, all of Abilene; four granddaughters, Kellie Schmidt of Cache, Kristie Williamson of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Rylee and Shiloh Lovell of Abilene; his only grandson, Truett Frank Lovell of Abilene; his mother, Helene McDaniel and his sister, Rovena Alexander and her husband, Lynn, of Nicholasville, Ky.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his only daughter, Sunny Jean-Marie Lovell; and his father, Earl Lovell.

Burial followed in Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene, under the direction of the Hamil Family Funeral Home, Abilene.