Service for Love B. Fantroy, Jr., 71, of Cleburne, will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 6, 2023, at First Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Willie Stevenson will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 P.M., Thursday, January 5, 2023 at the funeral home.
Love passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022, in Cleburne. He was born April 19, 1951, in Fairfield, Texas to Love Fantroy, Sr. and Jessie Norris Fantroy. Love married Diane Jackson on July 7, 1972 in Cleburne. He worked a decade at Santa Fe Railroad and as a Security Guard for Decordova for twelve years. Love served as Chairman of the deacon board at First Mount Zion Baptist Church. He loved playing golf and was a “Master Griller” when it came to BBQ.
He is survived by his wife, Diane Fantroy; daughter, Melisha Fantroy and son, Nation and wife, Shannon Fantroy; grandchildren, Bryant Fantroy, Brandon Fantroy, Blake Bryson, Rebecca Fantroy, Tristen Johnson, Erika Green and Brennen Wegener; great-grandchildren, Maddox Fantroy, Meredith Fantroy, Jason Fantroy, and Judd Fantroy; and sister, Ann Booker.
Love is preceded in death by his parents, Love Fantroy, Sr., and Jessie Fantroy; sisters, Gloria Fantroy, Doris Fuller; brother, Rickey Fantroy.