COLUMBIA - A funeral service for Brian Arthur Lovece, 35, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday October 10, 2021 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Northeast Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service.
Brian died Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Born in Columbia, he was a son of Arthur “AJ” Louis and Carol Louise Douglas Lovece. A 2005 graduate of Ridgeview High School, he was made an honorary firefighter in 2014. He was an avid Xbox player with the nickname “Brutal Panther”. He enjoyed watching Carolina Panthers football and loved to travel. He was a “Make-a-Wish” recipient, going to Walt Disney World, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Universal Studios in Florida.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by an uncle, Robert Douglas (Laura) of Lancaster.
Since he loved animals, memorials may be made to Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services, 221 N. Grampian Hill Road, Columbia, SC 29223.