Joe Edward Love, 84, of Greenville, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville. Burial will be at Moorhead Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home, Greenville, is in charge of arrangements. Pastor Phil Wilkinson will officiate.
Love was born July 26, 1929, in Savannah, Tenn., to Sidney and Carrie Love. He graduated from Central High School in 1949.
He joined the Navy after graduation and was aboard the U.S.S. Consulation during the Korean War. In his spare time, Love and a couple of his fellow Navy men started a band, in which he was the bass guitar player. They would perform at many different places whenever their ship would dock.
After serving in the Navy, he moved to Chicago, where he worked part-time driving a hearse for a funeral home and was going to school to be a electronic's technician. After graduating from college he moved to Memphis, where he worked for Bluff City Electronics. He transferred to the Bluff City Electronics, Greenville Branch, where he met his wife, Helen Ellis.
He worked there until they closed and then he began working for Chicago Mills & Lumber Co., where he worked for 20-plus years. In 1987, he moved to Jackson, Tenn., and worked for Milan Box Company until he retired in 1995.
He returned to Greenville shortly after, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 206 for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and Carrie Love; and a loving sister, Marrie Williams, of Augusta, Ga.
Love was born July 26, 1929, in Savannah, Tenn., to Sidney and Carrie Love. He graduated from Central High School in 1949.
He joined the Navy after graduation and was aboard the U.S.S. Consulation during the Korean War. In his spare time, Love and a couple of his fellow Navy men started a band, in which he was the bass guitar player. They would perform at many different places whenever their ship would dock.
After serving in the Navy, he moved to Chicago, where he worked part-time driving a hearse for a funeral home and was going to school to be a electronic's technician. After graduating from college he moved to Memphis, where he worked for Bluff City Electronics. He transferred to the Bluff City Electronics, Greenville Branch, where he met his wife, Helen Ellis.
He worked there until they closed and then he began working for Chicago Mills & Lumber Co., where he worked for 20-plus years. In 1987, he moved to Jackson, Tenn., and worked for Milan Box Company until he retired in 1995.
He returned to Greenville shortly after, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 206 for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and Carrie Love; and a loving sister, Marrie Williams, of Augusta, Ga.
Joe Edward Love, 84, of Greenville, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville. Burial will be at Moorhead Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home, Greenville, is in charge of arrangements. Pastor Phil Wilkinson will officiate.
Love was born July 26, 1929, in Savannah, Tenn., to Sidney and Carrie Love. He graduated from Central High School in 1949.
He joined the Navy after graduation and was aboard the U.S.S. Consulation during the Korean War. In his spare time, Love and a couple of his fellow Navy men started a band, in which he was the bass guitar player. They would perform at many different places whenever their ship would dock.
After serving in the Navy, he moved to Chicago, where he worked part-time driving a hearse for a funeral home and was going to school to be a electronic's technician. After graduating from college he moved to Memphis, where he worked for Bluff City Electronics. He transferred to the Bluff City Electronics, Greenville Branch, where he met his wife, Helen Ellis.
He worked there until they closed and then he began working for Chicago Mills & Lumber Co., where he worked for 20-plus years. In 1987, he moved to Jackson, Tenn., and worked for Milan Box Company until he retired in 1995.
He returned to Greenville shortly after, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 206 for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and Carrie Love; and a loving sister, Marrie Williams, of Augusta, Ga.
Love was born July 26, 1929, in Savannah, Tenn., to Sidney and Carrie Love. He graduated from Central High School in 1949.
He joined the Navy after graduation and was aboard the U.S.S. Consulation during the Korean War. In his spare time, Love and a couple of his fellow Navy men started a band, in which he was the bass guitar player. They would perform at many different places whenever their ship would dock.
After serving in the Navy, he moved to Chicago, where he worked part-time driving a hearse for a funeral home and was going to school to be a electronic's technician. After graduating from college he moved to Memphis, where he worked for Bluff City Electronics. He transferred to the Bluff City Electronics, Greenville Branch, where he met his wife, Helen Ellis.
He worked there until they closed and then he began working for Chicago Mills & Lumber Co., where he worked for 20-plus years. In 1987, he moved to Jackson, Tenn., and worked for Milan Box Company until he retired in 1995.
He returned to Greenville shortly after, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 206 for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and Carrie Love; and a loving sister, Marrie Williams, of Augusta, Ga.
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