Robert Ratcliffe

Robert Franklin Ratcliffe Sr., 72, loving husband, father, and pawpaw, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at his Cave Ridge Home. Born August 10, 1933 at Cave Ridge, he was the son of the late Issac Vernon and Bertha Pearl Fitzpatrick Ratcliffe. Franklin was a retired auto mechanic with 32 years of service at Grady Whitlock in Beckley where he was a certified automatic transmission specialist, lifelong resident of Summers County, Veteran of the United States Army, and a Christian who attended the Jumping Branch Gospel Tabernacle and the Bellepoint Baptist Church. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Alpha Vernon Ratcliffe in 1993 and Leslie Arlen Ratcliffe in 1982. Survived by his wife of 48 years, Shealvey Jean Keaton Ratcliffe; two daughters, Tamara Susan Lilly and her husband Denny, Deborah Jean Ballengee and her husband Troy all of Cave Ridge; one son, Robert Franklin Ratcliffe Jr. and his wife Jeanette of Pipestem; one grandson, Joshua T. Lilly and his wife Brittany of Cave Ridge; three granddaughters, Amy L. Justice and her husband Jason of Cave Ridge, Romantha J. Turner and her husband Jon of Cool Ridge, and Katie Pearl Ratcliffe of Pipestem; two great grandchildren, Emily J. Justice and Miles M. Turner; one brother, Thomas Ratcliffe and his wife Phyllis of Cave Ridge; two sisters, Martha Martin and her husband Buddy of Pipestem, and Addie Maddy of Indian Mills; mother-in-law, Pauline Keaton of Hinton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 21, 2005 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel with Pastorâ??s Dallas Peyton, Elmo Alderman, and David Board officiating. Burial will follow in the Cave Ridge Family Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-9 P.M. Thursday at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton. Mike Brandon, Dale Lilly, Garry Wheeler, Alva Harvey, Jerry Ratcliffe, and Monty Ball will serve as pallbearers. Alan and Michael Atkins, David, Mark, and Scottie Mansfield, Patrick Brandon, Danny Ratcliffe, Randy Martin, and Roger Wood will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Viewing Information: 6-9 P.M. Thursday at the Funeral Parlors.
Funeral Information: 2:00 P.M. Friday at the Funeral Parlors.