Brad Loftis

Graveside services for Bradley Keith Loftis, 45, Dora, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Ball Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mr. Loftis passed away at 8:44 p.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Ozarks Medical Center.

He was born November 25, 1971, at Mountain Home, Arkansas, to Cecil Loftis and Katherine Bias Loftis.  He graduated from Gainesville High School with the Class of 1990. Mr. Loftis held an associate’s degree.  On November 1, 1996, he was married at Ava, Missouri, to Jenice Lee.  He worked as an assembler at Regal-Beloit and was a Master Mason.  Brad enjoyed hunting and fishing and collected knives, guns and clocks.  He was very mechanically inclined.  Mr. Loftis attended the Needmore Church of God.

He is survived by his wife, Jenice Loftis, five children, Evan Loftis and fiancé, Brie Smith, Jacinda Collins and husband, Jaycob, Makinna Loftis, Dryden Loftis and Brienna Loftis; two grandchildren, Emberleigh and Kinsleigh and one on the way, Braidley; his parents, Cecil and Katherine Loftis; one brother, Brian Keith Loftis and wife, April; three nieces, Andee, Mahali and Gracie; his grandmothers, Thelma Bias and Freda Loftis; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Ed and Linda Lee; grandfather-in-law, Murl Watkins; and sister-in-law, Ginny Christian and husband, Jeff.

His grandfathers, H. R. “Sonnie” Loftis and J. R. Bias and grandmother-in-law, Elfie Watkins, precede him in death.

Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to Ball Cemetery or Shriner’s Hospital and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.