The celebration of the life of Mr. Harry Arthur (Art) Lovelace, of Chipley, FL, formerly of Florence, will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, with the Reverends John McKell, Kenneth Kelly, and Don Mimms officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until 10:50 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Florence City Cemetery. Art was born in High Point, NC., on September 7, 1935, to his late parents, Harry McKinley and Vara Marshall Lovelace. Art passed away at home on Saturday afternoon at the age of 76. Art was a graduate of Jamestown grammar and high schools. He married Cynthia his loving wife of 50 years, on Sept. 8, 1956. After her passing in 2006, Art found comfort in his family, friends, and flying. He later married "his sweet" Helen Pettis, of Chipley, FL, on February 16, 2008. Art and Helen shared time between their two homes until his final illness, where Helen cared for him until his passing. Art called Florence "home" and lived here since 1961, except for brief times in Chicago, Ill., and Panama City, Fla. He lovingly raised, supported, and provided for a fine family of three boys and served as an excellent role model and inspiration. Art was an avid aviation buff and private pilot for many years, an amateur radio operator and enjoyed boating and traveling all around the world. He was president and owner of Fortney Electric Co., Inc. and formerly held executive positions within Vermont American Corporation. Art was a former member of Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club and Rotary International. Art leaves Helen, his wife and angel of four short years (He referred to her as "my sweet Helen"), sons, Steve Lovelace of Jackson, Tenn., Marshall Lovelace and wife, Wanda, of Rogersville, Michael Lovelace and wife, Kristi, of Helena, stepsons Ray Pettis of Chipley, FL and Mark Pettis and wife Rachel, of Belleville, IL; grandchildren, Marcie Lovelace Lindley (Shelby), Lauren Lovelace, Jacob Lovelace (Kristy), Christopher Lovelace, Megan Pettis, Amber Lovelace, Jessica Pettis, and Ava Pettis; great-grandchildren, Nathan Paschel and Braxton Lovelace; nephew, Alan McMahan and niece, Nancy McMahan. Pallbearers will be Ray Pettis, Mark Pettis, Jacob Lovelace, Christopher Lovelace, Walter Matthews, and William D. Biggs. Honorary Pallbearers are the members of the Mississippi Magnolia Amateur Radio Net. Expressions of sympathy may be made in the forms of gifts in loving memory of H. Arthur Lovelace to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1520 Rickwood Road, Florence, AL 35630. The Lovelace family would like to thank all of their family and friends for their loving support and prayers given during Art''s illness.