Rondal Clay Lovelace

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JOHNSON CITY - Rondal (Ron) Clay Lovelace, 78, passed away at his home in Johnson City, TN on May 23, 2021 following an extended illness. He was born to the late Arnold B. Lovelace and Evelyn Hyder Lovelace Byrd on August 30, 1942 in Carter County, TN.

He had no blood born siblings, but a host of brothers and sisters in Siam where he grew up. His best and long-time friend since they were 4 years old, Ted Hamilton died last summer.

Ron was a Polio survivor. He graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1960. He was an American Patriot with hopes of getting an Army commission after firing in ROTC at ETSU for 3 years. But during his last physical at Ft. Benning, GA, the effects of Polio showed up, causing the loss of that dream. He had been #1 in his class for marksmanship. Ron worked with the Carter Co. Youth Civil Air Patrol in the early 1960s. He loved working with the Boy Scouts Troup #220 teaching emergency preparedness.

Ron was the Science Hill Band Booster President several times in the late seventies to late eighties. He was always where his children were.

He was an Adult Sunday School teacher at Snow Memorial and filled in as Trustee of the church. Now a member of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. Ron was a Mason, past Johnson City Lodge and Unicoi Lodge. He was a machine designer, retiring on disability from Texas Instruments in 1992 after post Polio Syndrome took over his body in 1987.

Ron is predeceased by his parents, daughter, Ronda Michelle Lovelace, stepfather, Ralph Byrd, brothers-in-law Ralph Saylor and Earl Saylor.

Ron was married to the love of his life, and high school sweetheart for 58 years, 8 months, Elizabeth Ann Saylor Lovelace. He has left to cherish his memory a son, David Lovelace and wife, Karen, daughters, Rebecca Ann Lovelace and Rachel Michelle Lovelace, grandchildren, Ryan Lovelace and wife Jenifer, Megan Lovelace Hall and husband Adrian, Olivia Faith Lovelace and three great- grandchildren, Louella, Elijah and Hudson, Special niece, Elizabeth (Beth) T. Saylor of Seattle WA. whom he thought of as a daughter, special cousins, Pauletta Pierce (Lawrence), Sue Arp (Ron).

In lieu of flowers please remember a charity of your choice or the Shriners Children’s Hospital.

A visitation with the family will be held on Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 5:00- 7:00PM in the chapel of Tetrick Funeral Services, a memorial service will follow at 7:00 PM with Rev. Jody Jenkins and Pastor John Herdman, officiating. An inurnment service will be held on Friday, May 28, 2021 at 11:00 at Happy Valley Memorial Park.

Arnold married Minnie Evelyn Hyder on 21 Sep 1941 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Minnie (daughter of Cecil Raymond Hyder and Amanda Ester Nidiffer) was born on 16 Sep 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 May 2007 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Minnie Evelyn Byrd, age 84, of Elizabethton, died Monday, May 7, 2007 in the Northside Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Cecil Raymond and Amanda Nidiffer Hyder. Mrs. Byrd was retired from Levi Strauss. She was a member of Siam Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold B. Lovelace; a granddaughter, Ronda M. Lovelace; four brothers, Verl, Burnett, Clay and Haskel Hyder; and a sister, Lillian Nidiffer.
She is survived by her husband, Ralph Byrd, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Rondal C. and Elizabeth Lovelace of Johnson City; a grandson, David Lovelace, and his wife, Karen, of Kingsport; two granddaughters, Rebecca Lovelace of Greer, SC and Rachel Lovelace-Worley and her husband, David, of Bluff City; three great-grandchildren, Ryan, Meghan, and Olivia Lovelace, all of Kingsport; two sisters, Lizzetta Pierce and Anna M. Singleton, both of Elizabethton; and two brothers, Jack Hyder of Elizabethton and Charles Hyder of John Day, OR. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Tennessee married Mary Ann Hardin on 14 Nov 1917 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Joseph G. "Joe" Hardin and Martha E. Dugger) was born on 2 Sep 1885 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 16 Mar 1969 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecil married Amanda Ester Nidiffer on 29 Aug 1911 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Amanda (daughter of Robert Nidiffer and Winnie Elizabeth Garland) was born on 22 Mar 1888 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Dec 1935 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Ritchie Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Mary Ann Wilson on 19 Nov 1876 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born about 1858 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Martha E. Dugger about 1882 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Martha was born in May 1862 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1913 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Valley Forge, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Elizabeth "Ettie" Nave on 28 Jun 1891 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 26 May 1873 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 31 Oct 1948 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Winnie Elizabeth Garland about 1882 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Winnie (daughter of James Dempsey Garland and Saraphine Cole) was born on 7 Dec 1862 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 14 May 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Ritchie Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]