Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RAGSDALE, RONALD ALAN January 23, 2017
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News Star World - January 24, 2017
RONALD ALAN RAGSDALE

Funeral services for Ronald Alan Ragsdale will be at 10 AM, Thursday, January 
26, 2017, at Harvest Assembly of God in West Monroe with Doctors John and 
Vivian Nocera and Roma Kidd officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memo
Memorial Park under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

On March 21, 1965, God gave a gift to Jim and Ruth Ragsdale and they named him Ro
Ronald Alan Ragsdale. For 51 years they enjoyed the humor and sincerity of th
their son. On January 23, 2017, God decided that his time on earth was over and pr
promoted him to Heaven to be with his special sister Wendy.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Earl and Iola Rials and 
paternal grandparents Al and Sybil Ragsdale and sister Wendy Ragsdale who loved 
her big brother very much. He is survived by his mom and dad, Jim and Ruth 
Ragsdale, his sister Sherrie House and husband Will, his sister Jennia Adams and
husband Keit
and husband Keith, nieces Rebecca Adams Jones, Jackie House, Sarah Adams and
Savannah House a
Savannah House and nephew Isaiah Adams.

During his lifetime he brightened the life of everyone he touched. He had such a
good heart a
a good heart and was always ready to give someone a hug.

Ronnie was also a very good worker. He paved the way in our community for the
developmenta
developmentally challenged to be gainfully employed in public jobs. He was the first
to do 
first to do so, with the support of ARCO of Monroe. He worked for over 10 years at
Wendy's t
at Wendy's then over 9 years at Glenwood Hospital in the cafeteria. His supervisors

supervisors would quite often say they wished all their employees could be as
dedicated as
dedicated as Ronnie was.

Ronnie loved sports, especially football. He didn't seem to have a favorite team but
h
team but he really liked LSU and Alabama which provided some interesting conflict a
conflict at times. He enjoyed going to NLU/ULM football games and cheering for his
team. 
his team. He loved playing Dixie Diehard baseball and was able to do that for
several ye
several years.

He loved God and loved church, especially the praise and worship songs. For several

several years he carried his tambourine to church and enjoyed playing it with very
goo
very good rhythm.

Special thanks go to the staff of Glenwood ICU who were so supportive while he was
th
was there and to Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care of Monroe who made him
comfor
comfortable in his final days.

We are going to miss him but we know that we will see him again someday. And what
what a reunion that will be!

Visitation will be from 5pm to 7pm on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Kilpatrick Fu
Funeral Home in West Monroe.

Pall bearers will be Karl Benefield, Nathan Buckles, Erik Crain, Keith 
Hernandez, Randall Korn, Don Sellers.

In lieu of flowers the family is asking for donations to ARCO of Monroe, http:/
http://arcomonroe.org.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA 

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