Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries: Eva E. Ratliff

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Eva E. Ratliff
    VANSANT -- Eva Mae Effler Ratliff, 77 years of age, passed away Tuesday, 
Dec. 17, 2002, in Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy. Born in McDowell County, 
W.Va.,. Oct. 3, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Henry Effler and Cecil 
Presley Effler. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and was a member 
of Vansant Church of Christ. She was a loving mother and grandmother. 
    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, 
Arville Ratliff; one brother, Garland Effler; and two sisters, Mary Lois Hess 
and Lethia Effler.
    She is survived by four daughters, Sandy Keene of Vansant, Va., Mrs. Bobby 
(Carol Kay) Church and Mrs. Noah (Charlene) Vandyke, both of Abingdon, and Mrs. 
George (Debbie) Childress of Vansant; one son, Terry Ratliff and wife Cheryl of 
Vansant; two sisters, Margaret Shelton of Lakeland, Fla., and Irene Carter of 
Herndon, W.Va. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-
grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at 1 p.m. at the 
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel, Grundy, with Evangelist Mike Rife and 
Evangelist Jerry Bliffin officiating. Burial will follow in the Mountain Valley 
Memorial Park at Big Rock, Va.
    Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Arthur 
Woods, W.S. (Red) Cook, Paul Smith, Junior Sexton and Heritage Hall Nursing 
staff C-Wing.
    The body will be left at the funeral home where friends may call after 
7 p.m. Wednesday. Song service will be at 8 p.m. 
    The family of Eva Mae Effler Ratliff is being served by Shortridge-Ramey 
Funeral Home of Grundy.