ELLA RATLIFF
1931 1994
Ella Mae VanHoose Ratliff, 62, died Wednesday,
August 17 1994, at Paul B. Hall Regional
Medical Center, Paintsville.
Mrs. Ratliff was born September 8 1931, the daughter
of the late Earl VanHoose and Ethel Taylor.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leander Ratliff,
on August 28 1984.
Surviving are three sons, Edward Lee, Charlie, and
Billy Ratliff all of Denver; six daughters, Mae Horn,
Brenda J. Spears, Linda Faye Blair, and Leona Hannah, all
of Auxier; and Glenia Pennington and Wanda Blair,
both of Leander; four brothers, James R., Virgil,
and Harry VanHoose, all of Thealka; and Lifis VanHoose,
of Denver; four sisters, Nellie Lyons, of Marion, Ohio;
Betty Jeffrey and Maxine VanHoose, both of West Virginia;
and Christina VanHoose of Thealka; and 21 grandchildren,
and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, August 20 at
Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel, with Melvin Blanton
and Hobert Meade officiating.
Burial was in Ratliff Cemetery at Denver.
NOTE: This Cemetery is also known as the
"TOPSY RATLIFF CEMETERY"
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
AUG.24 1994
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Paintsville Herald
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