LA Grange Mortuary

Police from several municipalities responded to the incident reported at the Hallowell and James Funeral Home at 10:42 a.m. Witnesses told police at the funeral home that a fight broke out between family members and that a gunshot was fired. Police then say they found a 9 mm shell casing at the funeral home, located at 1025 W. 55th St. in Countryside. Identified by witnesses as Ahkeem Torrence, 30, of La Grange, the shooter fled the scene in a silver 2004 Hyundai with an Illinois license plate number of BD98881, police said. He's wanted for aggravated discharge of a firearm. Call 911 immediately if you see him.

Robert Lovelace, Sr. and Jessie Mae Malone-Lovelace on Sept. 8, 1953, in Troup County.On Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, God called him home to depart from this life to be at eternal peace.Micheal grew up in the New Harmony Community. He attended Ethel W. Knight High School in LaGrange. Micheal joined New Harmony CME Church at an early age. He was affectionately known as “Mike.” Although, very talented with his hands, his passion was fishing and the water.At an early age, Mike married Teresa Cheeks-Lovelace and with this union, three children were born.  He moved to Milwaukee, where he started his career with Cutler Hammer. Here, he worked for Cutler Hammer for many years before moving back home to follow his true trade, which was his gift from God and that was brick mason. He became a mastered at the masonry work and his work can been seen all over East Alabama and West Georgia.He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Linda Lovelace; brother, Earl Lamar Lovelace; paternal grandparents, Willie and Lizzie Mae Heard Lovelace; maternal grandparents, Walter (Sr.) and Lizzie Mae Gilliam-Malone; niece, Ericka Lovelace.Micheal Lovelace, Sr. leaves to cherish his memories to his four loving children: Teresita Lovelace-Dewberry (Anthony), Michael Lovelace, Jr., Lamar Lovelace and Stephanie Davenport (Alvin); his loving sister, Peggy Lovelace (Claude) and big brother, Robert Lovelace, Jr. (Sophia).He was blessed with 11 grandchildren, Lauren Lovelace, Marcus Neely, Markel Neely, Kennedi Dewberry, Anori Dewberry, Michael Lovelace III, Kayla Lovelace, Mekael Lovelace, Kiley Lovelace, Lamar Lovelace II and Serita Harvey; three great-grand-children, Ja’Myis Chapple, Alaysia Chapple and Avery Chapple. God blessed him with special people that holds a special place, his uncle, Eddie Malone and cousins, Renee Lovelace and Norris Gilliam. Mike, also leaves to cherish his memories to his uncles and aunts, Eddie and Susan K. Malone, Berkeley, California, Jimmy and Elois Malone, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Joe  and Betty Malone, Houston, Texas, J.C. Malone, West ...

She calls her little piece of heaven Shangri-la. You can call it your new home away from home.WWelcome to Shangri-la, that mythical, verdant oasis right out of a misty-lensed Frank Capra film, where skies are blue, happiness abounds and no one ages a day—oh, and by the way, did you know it’s in Fair Oaks?You’d be hard pressed not to let out an enchanted sigh as you pass through a sleekly modern, wood-slatted fence and cross the new Shangri-la’s threshold, passing into an otherworldly realm that feels more like the grounds of a luxury resort hotel than a restaurant patio. Bright lemon yellow, fringed umbrellas and towering queen palm trees shade scattered tables, firepits and lounge areas overflowing with ladies in tropical print sundresses and gentlemen in crisp linen shirts and straw fedoras (yes, now you have somewhere to wear your favorite label’s resort wear line), while families play bocce ball on two manicured courts. Against the long, low, white brick façade, an open-air 360-degree bar lined with bright red stools offers peekaboo glimpses into a rich, clubby dining room lit by gilded lamps. Step into Shangri-la, and you’re not going out for dinner or drinks so much as you are taking a micro-vacation.“We all know Shangri-la is a utopian paradise where you go to escape your troubles, right?” says Sommer Peterson, Shangri-la’s proprietress and hostess with the mostest, referring to the name’s origin as the mystical kingdom in James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon, later popularized by the Capra film, which was shot in quintessential California landscapes like Ojai and Palm Springs. “The world is just so serious. We need a beautiful place where everybody is kind and you can have the finer things in life and just feel good and be relaxed.”Peterson pauses to greet another newcomer by name. On this balmy Friday evening in late June, the place has only been open two weeks and there are already regulars who have been back multiple times—some in flip-flops, some in silver stilettos—and Peterson knows them all. In her Louise Brooks bob, red lipstick and ...