She was born in Eudora, Arkansas to Hershel Davison and Ethel Mae Streetman Davison. She was married on May 31, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas, to Gary Willis Love who survives at the home. Other survivors include two sons, Johnny R. Campos, San Antonio, Texas; and Leo A. Love, Evening Shade; a daughter, Tammy I. Will, Columbia; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Lois Trawick, San Antonio, Texas; and Helen Rivard, Shreveport, Louisiana. She was a 1961 graduate of Eudora High School and a U.S. Navy veteran. She was a homemaker.