Dove, Louvenia Havens

Louvenia Havens Dove, 91, of Christiansburg, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery. She was born in Bland County, Virginia on August 7, 1920, to the late Houston and Edith Caves Havens. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Dove; a daughter, Mary Woolwine; a son, Clifford Dove; a great- granddaughter, Mckensie Sowder; five brothers and two sisters. She attended Ellett Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Freda and Kenneth Epperly, of Shawsville; sister, Irene Grubb, of Blacksburg; four grandchildren, Robin Bane and husband, Les, Leslie Epperly and wife, Brenda, Jewel Sowder and husband, Rodney, Jennifer Cook and husband, Ronnie; seven great- grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the Ellett Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Steve Akers, the Rev. Frankie Graham, and the Rev. Wallace Yopp officiating. Interment will follow in the Den Hill Cemetery. Friends may call anytime after 3 p.m. Wednesday, and the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Ellett Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to McCoy Funeral Home to offset funeral expenses.