Mae Love

LOVE, Mrs. Mae Bell - Age 73, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Genesys Health Park. Family hour 11AM Monday, July 11, 2005 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1083 E. Stewart Ave., with funeral service commencing at 12Noon. Rev. Lewis H. Randolph Pastor. David Hornaday officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11AM Monday. Mrs. Love will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Sunday. Mother Mae Bell Love was born September 20, 1930 in Ashdown, Arkansas, the daughter of John McKiver and Francis Paxton, Sr., She accepted Christ at an early age, and she was baptized at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Arkansas. By age 13, mother Mae Bell Love was singing in churches in Arkansas. She later met and married John Daniel Love, Sr. and they moved to Flint. To this union 8 children were born 5 sons and 3 daughters: John H. (Debra), John Daniel (Lula) both of Flint, Willie (Miety) of the Netherlands, Donald (Princella) of Grand Rapids, MI, Otis (Niki), Arma (Lamar Davis), and Betty Joan; godchild, Jeffrey Jerome Williams all of Flint; 67 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Julia F. (John) Jenkins and Freddie M. Love; 2 brothers, Eddie J. Paxton, Sr. and Walter L. Paxton, Sr., all of Flint; brothers-in-law, Lawrence Love, Sr. and William (Connie) Love, Sr.; 3 aunts, Alice Butler, Patricia and Matilda Paxton; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Pastor and Mrs. David (Blanche) Hornaday, Dea. Eugene Harris and Oliver "Pops" Edwards, Sr. Mother Mae Bell (Paxton) Love was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. J.D. Love, Sr.; daughter, Betty Love; parents, John and Francis Paxton; grandson, Lawrence (J.R.) Love; brothers, Nathaniel (Pat) Paxton, John "J.P." McKiver, Jr. and John N. "Little John" Paxton; sister, Carrie; 3 uncles; 5 aunts; and many cousins. The family would like to express special thanks to Lawrence E. Moon, Bill Quarles and the entire funeral Home staff, Pastor Lewis Randolph, Pastor Archie Powell, Jr., Rev. Jenkins and their church families. Genesys Health Park and staff, Rev. Hill and all the ministers who knew and loved her. A special thanks to Lula Love for the special care she gave our mother.

Mae Love

September 20, 1931 - July 2, 2005