Ruth Eleanor Faust Tillman Love

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Mrs. Ruth Eleanor Faust Tillman Love, 92, died Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Hot Springs, AR. The funeral service will be held Monday, July 20, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford, MS. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 9:30 A.M. until service time. *In accordance with guidelines issued by the State of Mississippi, social distancing guidelines will be followed and face coverings should be worn. If you or someone living with you is experiencing fever, cough or other symptoms related to COVID 19, have tested positive for COVID 19 or are awaiting test results for COVID 19, we kindly ask that you do not attend.*

Born in Lafayette County, MS to the late Hubbard Oliver Faust and Jessie Pearl Holleman Faust, Mrs. Love retired as the Director of Information at North Mississippi Medical Center. She enjoyed camping in her motorhome while traveling all over the country. Ruth was a former member of First Baptist Church in Tupelo, MS where she taught Sunday School for twenty-seven years in the four and five year old children’s department, a former member of Clear Creek Baptist Church and a current member of Lakeside Baptist Church in Hot Spring, AR. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Marcus Hayden Tillman, Sr. and Charlie Love; infant son, Marcus Hayden Tillman, Jr.; three sisters, Marie Walker, Naomi Tubbs and Bertha Ayles; and two brothers, Johnny Faust and Charlie Faust.

Mrs. Love is survived by a daughter, Linda Faye Weil and her husband, Stephen of Tupelo, MS; son, Lee P. Tillman and his wife, Michele of Hot Springs, AR; step-daughter, Theresa Knight and her husband, Danny of Meridian, MS; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three great grandchildren and 5 step-great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Love’s memory may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 1355 Peachtree St NE Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30309.