Ronnie Joe Love

68 year old Ronnie Joe Love of Smithville died Monday at his residence. The funeral will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Dwayne Cornelius and Michael Hale will officiate and burial will be in Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. He served in the U.S. Air Force and worked for the Social Security Administration Office. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alton and Evelyn Young Love, and a brother, Danny Love. He is survived by two children, Lori Ann Kelsey of Smithville, and Wade Love of Lebanon; two grandchildren, Leslie Love of Smithville, and DaKota Kelsey of Smithville. Two great-grandchildren, Riley Pegg and Cameron Morris. One sister, Ruth Stirnemann of Lebanon. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. The family requests that donations be made, in lieu of flowers to the Kyle or Kenny Robinson scholarship fund or to the David Wayne Alexander scholarship