Ruth Love

RINGGOLD — Ruth Joyce Freeman Love, 75, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017. A lifelong resident of the Ringgold area, she was a former employee of Hutcheson Home Health where she worked for more than 15 years as a CNA and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willard Sheridan and Minnie Elizabeth Jenkins Freeman; sister, Evelyn Haire; and four brothers, Willard Freeman Jr., Richard Freeman, Rupert Freeman and Robert Freeman. She is survived by four children, David Love, of Ringgold, Ga., Jackie (Ron) Pence, of Ringgold, Ga., Janet Love, of Ringgold, Ga., and Jennifer (Michael) Boleman, of Mobile, Ala.; five grandchildren, Nathan Love, Daniel Pence, Matthew Pence, Rachel Pence and Rebecca Boleman; several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2017, at Anderson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends today from 5 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home Wallis-Stewart Chapel Ringgold, Ga. An online register book may be signed at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.