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DATE: SATURDAY, December 4, 1993                   TAG: 9312060301
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PULASKI                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT RATCLIFF, THELMA BUNTS

RATCLIFF, Thelma Bunts, 85, of 117 Ninth St., N.W., Pulaski, died Thursday afternoon, December 2, 1993, at her home. She was born in Summerset, Ky. on January 21, 1908, and was the daughter of the late James E. and Hattie D. Bunts. She was also preceded in death by her husband, D. Obel Ratcliff, a daughter, Nancy Carol Ratcliff, a sister, Inez Kegley, and a brother, Alton Bunts. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Pulaski, a graduate of National Business College in Roanoke, and a bookkeeper for Coleman Furniture and Ratcliff Real Estate. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Jack Kline, Manassas; son and daughter-in-law, Butch and Joannie Ratcliff, Morristown, Tenn.; grandchildren, Cindy Kline, Manassas, David Kline and wife, Janet Kline, Kingston, Tenn., Wayne Ratcliff and wife, Kim Ratcliff, Morristown, Tenn., Kelley Ratcliff, Fayetteville, N.C., Robert Ratcliff, Morristown, Tenn.; two sisters, Ima Chitwood, Pulaski, Margaret Edwards, Orlando, Fla. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, from Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with Minister David Kline and the Rev. Steven Ridenhour officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday evening at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski. 


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