Lorraine Buckwell’s mother Sudie Love passed away earlier today. Thompson’s Funeral Home in West Columbia is in charge, but funeral arrangements have not been completed yet. I will update with more information when I know more…
Please keep Lorraine and her family in your prayers.
Jon Boy
Lorraine my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family!
Great article on Lorraine’s mom…
http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/article22658784.html
So sorry Lorraine Loretta and I will be praying for you and your family in this time of grief. RIP Sudie #1 Gamecock fan.
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I’m so sorry to read of your loss Lorraine and Louis. She was indeed an incredible lady! My deepest sympathies and prayers are sent up in abundance.
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OBITUARY, MEMORIAL SERVICE INFORMATION BELOW:
Sudie Lunsford Love of Cayce, SC died Friday afternoon at the age of 86, surrounded by loving family and friends, at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital in Columbia, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.
Mrs. Love was born on June 20, 1928 to the late Lillian Fair and James Gilbert Lunsford in Marion, SC. She had one sibling, Lillian Dorothy Young. In her youth, she attended Marion High School, where she participated on the volleyball, basketball and softball teams. Marion High School won the State basketball championship three times (1943-1945) while she was a member. In 1950, she earned a BS in Health & Physical Education from Limestone College, where she participated in all extracurricular sports because no varsity sports were offered. In 1951, Sudie married Prentiss ?Pete? Johnson Love of McColl in Florence County, to whom she remained married until his death in 1975.
Mrs. Love spent her entire teaching career of 31 years at Columbia High School, where she taught Health, Physical Education and Biology. She coached volleyball, basketball, track and field, gymnastics, bowling, tennis and archery. While at Columbia High, Sudie coached/won ten state championships, two state runners-up and numerous conference and regional championships. Sudie was recognized not only locally but nationally for her teaching and coaching prowess, having been inducted into the SC Amateur Softball Hall of Fame, SCACA Hall of Fame. She was also an inaugural inductee to the Limestone College Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1980, the Cayce Girls? Softball League established the Sudie Love Honor Award.
She was involved in professional organizations including SCAHPERD, DGWS, Richland CO. Education Association and SCCAWS. Delta Kappa Gamma ? Alpha Chapter also proudly included her as a member. She was one of the early leaders of the Title 9 sports movement in South Carolina.
Sudie was a devoted churchgoer and member of the Friendship Sunday School Class at Cayce United Methodist Churc
Lorraine, Our love and prayers to you and your family. So sorry for your loss! Warren and Pam Turner
Warren Turner
President, SBCC