Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Ercell M. Ratliff

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Bristol Herald Tribune
Sunday, November 17, 2002 

Ercell M. Ratliff
     GRUNDY -- Ercell M. Ratliff, 90, of Route 2 passed away Friday, 
Nov. 15, 2002, in Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, following a brief 
illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late James T. "Jim" 
and Ora Belle Stiltner Ratliff. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan 
County, a member of Bull Creek Old Regular Baptist Church, a retired 
employee of Harman Mining Corp. and a member of United Mine Workers of 
America Local Union No. 7025.
     Mr. Ratliff was preceded in death by his first wife, Flornie Stiltner 
Ratliff, Nov. 26, 1999.
     He is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Beulah Childress Stiltner 
Ratliff, Route 2, Grundy; three daughters, Betty and husband, Ronald 
Millinger of Grundy, Peggy and husband, Glen Vance, of Narrows, Va., and 
Jessie and husband, Raymond Thornsbury, of Fremont, Ohio; two sons, James 
Paul "Jim" and wife, Ruth Ratliff, of Grundy and Sammie Charles and wife, 
Karen Ratliff, of Grundy; eight sisters, Velia Weavers of Elkton, Md., 
Ample Ratliff of Maynardsville, Tenn., Jerrell Anderson of Lick Creek, Ky., 
Marie Hodges of Williamsburg, Va., Udell Darnell of Big Rock, Va., Eula 
Wright of Cheyenne, Wyo., Retha Miller of Benton, Ill., and Anna Ruth 
McCall of Cheyenne; two brothers, Bill Lester Ratliff of Louisa, Ky., and 
Jim Ratliff Jr. of Grundy; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by one brother, Amel Ratliff.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday, Nov. 18, 2002, at 11 a.m. 
at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Elders Howard Daniels, Jackie Yates, Toy 
Looney and Roger Coleman officiating with burial to follow in Mountain 
Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock. 
     Friends may call at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Saturday evening at 
6 p.m. with services Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7 p.m.
     Active pallbearers will be grandsons and sons-in-law.
     The family suggests that expression of sympathy be made in the form 
of donations to Heavenly Helpers Relay for Life Cancer Team, P.O. Box 1016, 
Grundy, VA 24614.
     Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy is in charge of all arrangements.