Walter Wallace "Shorty" Lovelady

Funeral services for Walter Wallace “Shorty” Lovelady, 64, of Hudson will be held Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mardy Guidry and Pastor Gary Rowe officiating. Interment will follow in the Narrow Way Cemetery.

Mr. Lovelady went to be with the Lord our Savior Monday, May 27, 2013. He was born July 14, 1948 to the late Bedford Forrest and Dorothy Lee (Thomas) Lovelady. He went to Hudson High School where he met his wife Kathryn. They were married in June 1966. He worked at Texas Foundries for 6 years then went to work in Conroe for the LCTX telephone company. After 25 years, he transferred to Lufkin with TXU phone service and retired in 2003 after 35 years of service, before it became Consolidated Communications. Mr. Lovelady loved to watch his grandchildren, hunt and fish, but most of all enjoyed playing with his Chihuahua dogs and drinking coffee.

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Andrews Lovelady of Hudson; sons and daughters-in-law, Floyd and Melisa Lovelady of Lufkin, Rodney and Dana Lovelady of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Dewayne Lovelady of Mobile, Alabama; daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Jay Walden of Lufkin; 17 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Robert Wayne and Barbara Lovelady of Lufkin; sister and brother-in-law, Charlene and Jack Squyres of Lufkin; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be David Schultz, Tommy Schultz, Michael Schultz, Jeff Lee, Simon Lee and Richard Andrews.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.