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Lovelady's
Landmark Water Tower has beeen dismantled.
Photo Courtesy Loren V. Stagner
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The town was named for Cyrus Lovelady, one
of the first settlers. Mail service for the community came from Pennington from
1858 until 1872, when the railroad (the Houston and Great Northern Railroad) arrived
and Lovelady got its own post office.
The
population was 300 by 1885 and reached 500 just before the Great Depression.
The town has
suffered from periodic fires throughout the years which has left the town without
a central business district. The first was in 1892, followed by the burning of
the school in 1901 and one in 1903. Another occured during WWII
with the last major fire in 1966. |
Music
in an Old Gym
by Bob Bowman
On weekend nights at Lovelady, a small town south
of Crockett in Houston County, it’s not unusual to hear country music wafting
through the rafters of an old school gymnasium.
About eighteen years ago,
Norma Dell Jones, the valedictorian of Lovelady High School in 1952, learned that
the old gym she knew so well was likely to be torn down.
She rallied others
who loved the old gym and put together a restoration effort that led to the gym
becoming the center of Lovelady community events and a popular country music venue
in East Texas... more |
Downtown
Lovelady
Photo courtesy Loren V. Stagner |
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new water tower in Lovelady
Photo courtesy Kevin D. Fritze, May 2006
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Lovelady
Texas ForumSubject:
Jessie Dean Mills
I saw an article from Tony Mills requesting information on Jessie Dean Mills.
I know him. Please have Tony e-mail me at peggy-evans@sbcglobal.net. Thank-you,
Peggy Evans, May 09, 2007
Subject:
Jesse Dean Mills
Dear TE, I'm hoping someone can offer some information about a family connection
that we have with Lovelady Tx, specifically Jesse Dean Mills who was born approx
1917. Please see the attached photo. Jesse lived in Lovelady up until about 1941
or 1942, at which time he enlisted, or was called up, for service in the US Army.
Jesse was a Motor Mechanic by trade and worked for his sister Ola May's husband.
Jesse served in the Medical Corps as a medic and was posted to the Pacific theatre
where he spent some time in Melbourne and at the US Army Hospital in Brisbane
Australia until approximately November 1944. The CO of the unit was a Major Coulson.
Even though this is such a long time ago we would be very pleased to hear from
anyone that can pass on any information. Regards and Thanks, Tony Mills, Wynne
Melbourne, Australia, July 30, 2006
Subject:
Lovelady, Texas - New Watertower
I stumbled upon your website and noticed the photos and story about the old watertower.
I really hate that it is gone, but after 70+ years, it was not aging well. I have
attached a photo of the new water tower that replaced the old one, for several
months they each stood on opposite sides of the railroad tracks - almost poetic!
Thanks, Kevin D. Fritze, Lovelady City Council - Position 4, May 12, 2006
Subject:
Water Tower Pictures from Lovelady TX
I no longer live in Lovelady, but spent all of my life there until 3 years ago.
The water tower was one of the only reasons people remembered driving through
Lovelady and when I was told it would be dismantled I wanted to make sure I had
some pictures. It is now gone. - Loren V. Stagner, Marble Falls, November 04,
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