Obituaries:  Charles R. "Jiggs" Love, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       L-100
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 12, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              restess42@cs.com


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The Sabine Index - October 12, 1988

  Charles R. "Jiggs" Love

  Services for Mr. Charles R. "Jiggs" Love, 65, were held at 3
p.m. Saturday, October 8, 1988, at Union Springs Baptist Church.
Officiating was the Rev. Newton Smith and Rev. Francis Smith.
Burial was in Union Spring Cemetery. Arrangements were under the
direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  Mr. Love died Wednesday, October 5, 1988 at Willis-Knighton
Medical Center in Shreveport following a lengthy illness. Mr.
Love was born in Louann, Arkansas and had spent most of his life
in DeSoto Parish. He was a World War II Veteran, having served in
the US Navy and fought in the South Pacific, where he was a
survivor of the USS Lexington when it sank in the Coral Sea. He
served his country from the bombing of Pearl Harbor until the
surrender of Japan. He was a member of the Union Springs Baptist
Church, the C.V. II Club and was a TugBoat Captain along the
Texas Gulf coast.

  He is survived by his wife, Barbara L. Love of Logansport; two
sons, Charles "Buddy" Love of Grand Cane, La. and Danny Glen Love
of Mansfield; four daughters, Beverly L. Booker of Grand Cane,
Connie Procell and Pamela K. Fisher, both of Converse, Cathy
Walters of Joaquin, Tx.; 15 grandchildren and a host of nieces
and nephews.