Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, November 14, 1993 TAG: 9311170309
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE LENGTH: Short
OBIT RATLIFF, JIMMY DARRELL
RATLIFF, Jimmy Darrell, 53, of Smith Mountain Lake, near Roanoke, formerly
of Grundy, Va., passed away Friday, November 12, 1993, in the Roanoke Memorial
Hospital following a long illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of
the late C. E. and Buner Stiltner Ratliff. He was the owner and operator of
the Indian Point Marina at Smith Mountain Lake, where he had been a resident
for the past 12 years. He was of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include his
wife, Virginia Ramey Ratliff of Smith Mountain Lake; three sons, Mark Anthony
Ratliff of North Tazewell, Va., Jimmy Edward Ratliff of Hampton, Va., Dirk
Allen Ratliff of Smith Mountain Lake, Va.; one brother, Bobby Harold Ratliff
of Magie, Va.; one grandchild, Cori Leanne Ratliff of North Tazewell, Va.
Funeral services will be held Monday, November 15, 1993 at 2 p.m. in the
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Danny Hess and Rev. Chuck
Trent officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big
Rock, Va. There will be a service at the funeral home Sunday evening at 7 p.m.
Friends may call anytime at the funeral home. Active pallbearers, Greg
Fletcher, Rocky Justus, Joey Martin, Jeff Justus, Ben Perdue, Duard Garrison,
Rex Browning and David McClanahan. Honorary pallbearers, Paul Fletcher, Joe
Martin, Rick Johnson, Doug Delong, Donta Villa, Terry Hughes and Ralph (Skip)
Ball. Arrangements by Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of Grundy.
by CNB