Biography of Gordon Love, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Hughes Auto Company, Chevrolet dealer of Hughes, Arkansas, is proudly entering
its 28th consecutive year as a dealer. Gordon Love has owned and directed the
operations of this firm for nearly a quarter of a century. He moved here at age
3 with his parents, the late Robert E. and Nancy (Gordon) Love, who moved here
in 1900 from his birthday in Senatobia, Miss. He was born on Aug. 17, 1897, and
received his degree from Marianna High School. He was employed by the Peoples
Savings Bank in Marianna, and served in the U. S. Army during World War I. On
Oct. 22, 1925 he married Miss Polly Jeffries, daughter of Richard W. and Mary
(Wooldridge) Jeffries of Memphis, Mrs. Love passed away on June 2, 1953. Mr.
Love became manager of the Hughes Motor Company firm on Feb. 1, 1930, started by
E. A. Rolfe, Sam Rolfe, and W. C. Bowen. They moved to their present site in
1925 when they sold Ford vehicles. He was elected the first President of the
Hughes Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Hughes Rotary Club, and is
also a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church. He is part owner of the Hughes
Implement Company.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas