Ann Jackson Love

Funeral services for Ann Jackson Love, 91, of Ferriday, LA will be held at Young’s Funeral Home on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 1:00 PM with Rev. Truman Staggs officiating. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am until the service. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Natchez, MS, under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Mary Ann Jackson Love was born December 4, 1924, and died peacefully on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, in Ferriday, Louisiana. She was born one of three sisters in Dyer, Tennessee to John and Louella Jackson. She graduated from Dyer High School, Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and LSU, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While at LSU, Mary Ann was chosen Homecoming Queen, “LSU Beauty” and Queen of the LSU Dept. of Agriculture from which she graduated with a degree in Home Economics. She met her future husband, Capt. Lloyd F. Love, an Air Force pilot home from the war, on a blind date to an LSU football game. Lloyd decided to go back to LSU and attend law school, instead of pursuing a career in the Air Force. They never missed another LSU football game for over 50 years. Ann “raised” their four children before beginning her career as a social worker with the Louisiana Department of Social Services. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Emily Combs and Dorothy Roberts, her husband of 59 years Lloyd and her son-in-law Richard Mayo. She is survived by her children, Phyllis Mayo of Baton Rouge, Lou Love and companion Ann Davey of Bridgeport, West Virginia, Julie Cole and husband Bernard of Ferriday, and Jim Love and companion Mary Cay Guidry of Lafayette, LA., grandchildren, Jake Christopher Mayo and wife Emily of Baton Rouge, La., Erik Mayo of New Orleans, La, Emily Cole Dawkins & husband Stephen of Ferriday, La., and Katie Love Cole of New York City; and four great-grandchildren, Hill & Molly Mayo, Emma & Olivia Dawkins. Special thanks to her wonderful caregivers and friends Mary Carter and Beatrice Brown, and the kindness and care given at Camelot and Heritage Manor. Pallbearers will be Lou Love, Jim Love, Jake Mayo, Erik Mayo, Bernard Cole and Stephen Dawkins. Visitation will be at Young’s Funeral Home, Saturday, February 6, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with service to follow. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the LSU Alumni Association, Sevier Memorial Methodist Church or a charity of your choice.

Ann Jackson Love

December 4, 1924 - February 3, 2016