LUDIA LOVE

DUDLEY, Mo. -- Ludia J. Love, 79, of Dudley, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 29, 2000, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

She was born Oct. 11, 1920, near Wardell, Mo., daughter of Rolla and Eva Miller McGrath. She and Milford Maurice Love were married Nov. 19, 1942. He died May 5, 1974.

Love had lived in Dudley since 1961. She was of the Pentecostal faith.

Survivors include four daughters, Sandra Kay Robertson and Naomi Love, both of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Darlene Price of Buchanan, Tenn., and Shirley Brewer of Florissant, Mo.; three brothers, Raymond McGrath of Poplar Bluff, Robert McGrath of Doniphan, Mo., and Rollie McGrath of Mountain View, Mo.; three sisters, Martha Seibert of Haven, Kan., Marjorie Gray of St. James, Mo., and Imogene Vines of Wichita, Kan.; 18 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. Kent Miller officiating. Burial will be in Dudley Cemetery.