Elsie Love

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Elsie V. Love, 85, of Rockford, Ill., and formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004, at St. Anne Center in Rockford.

She was born July 2, 1918, in Morehouse, Mo., daughter of Thomas and Dimple Jones Sheeter. She and Carlos E. Love were married Aug. 29, 1935, in Morehouse. He died Sept. 1, 1979.

She was a member of the Morehouse Baptist Church and the Morehouse Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include two sons, Garry Love of Sikeston and Steve Love of Pineville, La.; two daughters, Phyllis Kinson of Rockford and Carla Lewis of Tinley Park, Ill.; a sister, Betty Jean Payne of Morehouse; three grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church in Sikeston, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.