John Walter Love
1949 – 2012

John Walter Love 

 

John Love, 62, passed away on August 4, 2012. He was born September 29, 1949, in Merkel, Texas, to E.B. and Jean Love and graduated from Haskell High School in 1968.   He attended Sam Houston State University and The University of Texas at Austin before finding his true calling as a horticulturalist. 

 

John’s passion for landscaping and horticulture led him to establish a career as an award winning horticulturalist in the Caribbean, basing his work in Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies. He was a talented artist, making the world a more beautiful place through his paintings on canvas as well as the lush, intricate gardens he created. His legacy of designing and planting as well as educating others about horticulture is manifested throughout Antigua, especially in the gardens that greet each visitor upon arrival to the island at the airport and in the Sticky Wicket Cricket Field he planted in 2004. John maintained dual citizenship with Antigua and the United States for over 20 years and chose to retire near his family in Kerrville, Texas in 2010. 

 

John is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his brother Don and his wife, Judy, of Fredericksburg, and his brother Cris Love, Sr. and his wife, MeLynda, of Round Rock. John was blessed with a large, loving family, including his nephews and nieces, his aunts, and cousins. 

 

Memorials may be made in John’s honor to any charity of your choice.

 

Schaetter Funeral Home, Fredericksburg, Texas

(Submitted by Steve Munday)

 

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