Anne Lovel

Anne Morie Skelton Lovel, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at Lutheran Home.

She was born April 1, 1940, in Cleveland, Mississippi, to Louie and Kathleen Eugenia Mitchell Skelton, the oldest of five children. She was a country girl who grew up on her daddy's cotton farm. Anne was a 1960 graduate of Greenville (Mississippi) High School and attended college at Delta State University in Cleveland.

Anne met her husband, Gwinn Marshall Lovel, while he was stationed at the U.S. Air Force base in Greenville. They were married Sept. 28, 1963, at First United Methodist Church in Greenville, and raised two sons. Dr. Gwinn Marshall Lovel preceded her in death May 29, 2017.

She belonged to the Cape Girardeau community for 54 years, after she and her husband moved to Cape Girardeau in 1969. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Rasche Sunday School Class, Ladies Society at the church and United Methodist Women. She was also a volunteer at Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center.

Anne was an animal lover, especially of her dog, Peanut.

Survivors include her son, Michael Lovel of Castleton, Indiana; three brothers, Emery Dale (Ann) Skelton of Lake Village, Arkansas, Louie Mack (Jane) Skelton of Greenville and William David (Charlotte) Skelton of Ruleville, Mississippi; sister, Mary Edith Skelton (Earl) Grochau of Memphis, Tennessee; her husband's two sisters, Donna Powell of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Mary Kay Belter of Seadrift, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Anne was preceded in death by her parents, Kathleen and Louie Skelton of Winterville, Mississippi; husband, Dr. Gwinn Marshall Lovel; son, Jeffrey Lloyd Lovel; and sisters-in-law, Helen Wilkerson Skelton and Bonnie Potter Skelton.

There will be a committal service at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the mausoleum at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Linda Gastreich officiating. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Grace United Methodist Church or Dr. Gwinn M. Lovel Scholarship at Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

The family wishes to express special thanks to Comfort Keepers and Lutheran Home Assisted Living and Hospice Care of Cape Girardeau.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be sent at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.