Virginia Gayle Ellis Lovingood

On this day, Friday, June 24, 2022, Virginia Gayle Ellis Lovingood, age 96, of Scottsboro, AL, passed from this life on earth, to her Heavenly home.

Virginia, known as Ginny, born on December 13, 1925 in upper Sandusky, Ohio. She was the youngest of seven children. After graduating high school, she and her favorite cousin moved to Columbus, Ohio and deciding they didn't like cold weather, they moved to Sarasota, Florida. There she met her husband, Jim Lovingood, in January 1946, upon his return from World War II. They were married June 5, 1947, and had three daughters.

Ginny is survived by her two daughters, Lana Richey (Eddie) and Lori Thurman (Charlie); grandchildren, Jenna Richey, Zachary Richey, Adam Thurman (Tristan), and Matthew Thurman; great-grandchildren, Adelynn Richey and Jett and Arabella Thurman; and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur Lovingood, Jr.; mother and father, Bessie and Gilbert Ellis; beloved daughter, Lisa Jayne Lovingood; brothers, Joe, Myron, and Rueben Ellis; and sisters, Elizabeth, Martha Jane, and Anna Myrtle.

Mrs. Lovingood will receive friends at Scottsboro Funeral Home 5:00 – 7:00 pm on Monday, June 27, 2022. A visitation will be held at R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home (Adairsville, Ga.) from 2:00pm till 3:00pm. A Celebration of Life will follow at 3:00pm Interment will be in Eastview Cemetery in Adairsville, Georgia, beside her husband and beloved daughter. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations be made to Smile-A-Mile-Alabama at donate.hakuapp.com or Randall's Chapel UMC Scottsboro, AL.
Arrangements are Entrusted to Scottsboro Funeral Home