Bob E Love

BOB E. LOVE, AGE 79, OF NEW TAZEWELL, TN. WAS BORN JUNE 27, 1934, PASSED AWAY JULY 2, 2013 AT HIS HOME WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF AND LOVE ATTENDING LONE HOLLY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A CRANE REPAIRMAN AT GREAT LAKES STEEL IN ECORSE, MI.. HE LIKED TO WORK ON CLASSIC CARS AND WAS A GOOD MECHANIC. HE ENJOYED GARDENING WITH HIS GRANDSON, BRANDON TAYLOR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, BEN AND ESSIE HODGE LOVE; BROTHERS, RASS LOVE AND JAKE LOVE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 58 YEARS OF EVELYN SAMMONS LOVE OF NEW TAZEWELL, TN.; DAUGHTER, DIANE LOVE SMITH OF WESTLAND, MI.; SON, BOBBY LOVE OF NEW TAZEWELL, TN AND DONALD LOVE OF TAYLOR, MI.; DAUGHTER, ALICE LOVE TAYLOR OF NEW TAZEWELL, TN.; GRANDCHILDREN, RACHEL MARIE NICKENS, CODY MICHAEL NICKENS, STEVEN ALBERT NICKENS, TABITHA LEE NICKENS CORNWALL, BRANDON LEE TAYLOR, NICOLE MARIE TAYLOR AND MERIYA LYNN LOVE ADDISON AND DONNIE LYNN LOVE; 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER, BILL E. LOVE; SISTERS, JEAN YOUNCE AND FRANCES RIDLEY AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 5-7PM THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2013 AT COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN NEW TAZEWELL . FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 1:00PM FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2013 AT THE COFFEY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. REV. TIM COSBY AND REV. CHARLES HAMILTON OFFICIATING. SINGERS: SARA CARMON AND GABRIEL LOVE. BURIAL IN THE GREER CEMETERY WITH STEVEN NICKENS, DONNIE LOVE, RANDY LOVE, RICK HARVEY, OWEN UPTON AND ALLEN HOLT SERVING AS PALLBEARERS. COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE. WWW.COFFEYFH.COM.