Judy Love, beloved co-founder of Loves Travel Stops, dies at 87 [Video]

OKLAHOMA CITY (Gray News) – Judy Love, co-founder of Love’s Travel Stops, died on Tuesday.

The company announced Love’s death this week as she died at the age of 87.

Judy Love co-founded the convenience store chain with her late husband Tom Love in 1964

The family-owned business said Judy Love was instrumental in building Love’s Travel Stops, expanding the store locations to more than 650 in 42 states.

Company representatives said her legacy of philanthropy will live on through her children, Greg, Laura, Jenny and Frank along with her nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

“Our mother, Judy Love, was the heart and soul of our family,” the Love family shared. “She cared deeply for us and those who worked alongside her and dad. Her tenacity, strength and focus will guide us forever.”

While attending Oklahoma State University in 1956, she met Tom Love, and they married in 1960. Together, they leased an abandoned service station in Watonga in 1964, which grew to 40 stores …