Hepzibah Illinois “Noy” Waddill Ratliff (1852-1938)

Hepzibah Illinois “Noy” Waddill Ratliff

Birth

6 Jan 1852

Coles County, Illinois, USA

Death

9 Jan 1938 (aged 86)

Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Bethel Cemetery

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widowed, daughter of John Waddill and Deliah Phillips, 2nd wife of David Calhoun Ratliff
d. cert 1843
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MRS. RATLIFF, RESIDENT HERE 80 YEARS, DIES

Funeral Held Here Tuesday; Additional Rites at Bethel.

Mrs. D.C. Ratliff, 86 years old last Thursday, died Sunday morning at 2:50 o'clock at her home at 808 East Harrison street. She had been in declining health for several months and bedfast the past few weeks.

The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. E. N. Garrett, assisted by the Rev. Joseph W. Thompson, at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Brief rites will be conducted by Rev. Garrett at Bethel Church at 2:30 o'clock the same afternoon and burial will be in Bethel Cemetery.

The body is to lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until 12 o'clock tomorrow. Pallbearers will be Roscoe R. Ratliff, John T. Ratliff, Jr., Elden C. Ratliff, Lowell D. Ratliff, David C. Ratliff and Virgil Ratliff.

Mrs. Ratliff, nee Hepzibah Illinois Waddill, was born Jan. 6, 1852, near Mattoon, Coles County, Ill. She moved to Adair County, Missouri, in 1858 with her parents, John and Deliah Phillips Waddill.

She was one of a family of 14 children, 7 girls and 7 boys, all of whom grew to maturity with exception of two who died in infancy. A brother was killed in the Centralia massacre during the Civil War. Mrs. Ratliff was the last of the family.

She was married to D. C. Ratliff on Dec. 8, 1875 and they lived on the same farm until the spring of 1904, when they moved to Kirksville and left their sons on the farm. She was converted and joined the Methodist Church in early womanhood. She was a member of the M. E. Church here and active in church work, attending Sunday School and church services until her health failed her.

She was the mother of eight children, two dying in infancy, Blanche and Floyd [sic]. Another, Owen, died at the age of 25. Survivors are the following sons: John T. and Forest H. Ratliff of northeast of Kirksville; Curtis G. and Glen A. Ratliff, Kirksville and Ray Ratliff, of Watsonville, Calif. She also leaves 21 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

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January 10, 1938