She was born May 2, 1931 in Stanton, Alabama to the late John Lee and Tarva Harrison Davis.
One of Earline’s greatest joys was assisting her husband Harold in pastoring Wesleyan churches in NC. Their last pastorate together was Firestone Wesleyan Church in Gastonia.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, Rev. Harold Lee Rickman and Rev. C. Wesley Lovin.
Mrs. Lovin is survived by her children, Steve Rickman, Tim Rickman and wife Patti, Jill Boone and husband Dennis; sisters, Euelle Bell, Hardie Medders, Naomi Hughey; brothers, Charles Davis, Moody Davis and wife Billie Faye, Morris Davis and wife Vinelle; grandchildren, Casey Biggs and wife Karen Malay, Dillon Boone, Will Rickman, Jenny Rickman Derr and husband Zach, Lee Rickman, Matt Rickman; and great granddaughter, Riley McKenna Biggs.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Firestone Wesleyan Church with Dr. D. Clifton Wood officiating with a reception to follow in the fellowship hall.
In in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to John Lee and Tarva Davis Endowed Scholarship Fund c/o Southern Wesleyan University, 907 Wesleyan Dr, PO Box 1020, Central, SC 29630
Condolences may be made online at www.carothersfuneralhomegastonia.com
Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia is serving the Rickman/Lovin family
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