Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Monday, March 17, 2003

Veleria Mae Scott Lovett

Veleria Mae Scott Lovett, 88, died 14 Mar 2003 in Nashville, TN. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Ellisville. Burial will follow at the Emmanuel Baptist Church Cemetery. She was a member of the Salvation Army.

She was preceded in death by her husband, R. B. Lovett and a son, Roosevelt Phillips.

She is survived by: two sons: Johnny Phillips, Hurley and Hillman Phillips, Bay Springs; 3 daughters: Ruby Lovett, Nashville, TN, Mattie Helen Lynn, South Bend, Ind. and Zettie Mae Kirby, Natchez; 19 grandchildren.