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RATCLIFFE, DR. HALL H.

OBITUARY - - - Dr. Hall Holloway Ratcliffe, Sr. 69, pioneer doctor of Ferriday, died at the Concordia Parish hospital in Ferriday Friday [Jan. 22, 1971] after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Youngs Funeral Home in Ferriday with the Rev. Louis O'Vander Thomas, Episcopal rector of Natchez, officiating. Burial was in the Natchez City Cemetery. Young's Funeral Home was in charge of services. Dr. Ratcliffe was born on December 6, 1901 at Natchez and attended grade and high school there. In 1924 he graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School, and in 1927 began the practice of medicine in Ferriday. He was owner and director of Ferriday Hospital from 1927 to 1964. During World War II he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and received a Bronze Star Medal. He was a member of the Louisiana medical Society, the American Medical Association, and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was appointed as the first chief of staff of the Concordia Parish Hospital in 1964, and he retired from medical practice in January, 1965. Survivors include a son, Dr. Hall H. Ratcliffe, Jr. of Natchez, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Pelham Duke of Natchez; five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a brother, Martin Ratcliffe of Natchez. Pallbearers were William Feltus, III, Charles DuPre, S. H. Calvert, Jr., W. Howard Pritchart, Lucius Butts, Jr., Martin Ratcliffe, Jr., Dr. H. V. Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were all members of the medical staff of the Concordia Parish Hospital. The family requested that memorials be sent to Trinity Episcopal Day School in Natchez or the Huntington School in Ferriday.


RATCLIFFE, DR. HALL H.

OBITUARY - - - Dr. Hall Holloway Ratcliffe, Sr. 69, pioneer doctor of Ferriday, died at the Concordia Parish hospital in Ferriday Friday [Jan. 22, 1971] after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Youngs Funeral Home in Ferriday with the Rev. Louis O'Vander Thomas, Episcopal rector of Natchez, officiating. Burial was in the Natchez City Cemetery. Young's Funeral Home was in charge of services. Dr. Ratcliffe was born on December 6, 1901 at Natchez and attended grade and high school there. In 1924 he graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School, and in 1927 began the practice of medicine in Ferriday. He was owner and director of Ferriday Hospital from 1927 to 1964. During World War II he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and received a Bronze Star Medal. He was a member of the Louisiana medical Society, the American Medical Association, and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was appointed as the first chief of staff of the Concordia Parish Hospital in 1964, and he retired from medical practice in January, 1965. Survivors include a son, Dr. Hall H. Ratcliffe, Jr. of Natchez, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Pelham Duke of Natchez; five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a brother, Martin Ratcliffe of Natchez. Pallbearers were William Feltus, III, Charles DuPre, S. H. Calvert, Jr., W. Howard Pritchart, Lucius Butts, Jr., Martin Ratcliffe, Jr., Dr. H. V. Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were all members of the medical staff of the Concordia Parish Hospital. The family requested that memorials be sent to Trinity Episcopal Day School in Natchez or the Huntington School in Ferriday.


RATCLIFFE, DR. HALL H., JR.

OBITUARY --- Natchez Democrat newspaper, Sunday, January 2, 1994. Services for Dr. Hall Holloway Ratcliffe Jr., 62, of Natchez, who died Friday, Dec. 31, 1993, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez with the Revs. Eugene Kohlbecker and Harry Allen officiating. Burial will be in Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home in Natchez. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Ratcliffe residence. He was born April 24, 1931, in Ferriday, La., the son of the late Dr. Hall Holloway and Mary Louise Richardson Ratcliff. He was preceded in death by a son Douglas Middleton Lambdin, and a sister, Mary Pelham Ratcliffe Duke. Dr. Ratcliffe was a retired physician and a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the Southeastern Surgical Congress. He was a communicant of the Trinity Episcopal Church. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He graduated from LSU Medical School and was a member of Nu Sigma Medical Fraternity. Survivors include his wife Mattie Jo Simmons Ratcliffe of Natchez; three sons, Dr. S. H. Jeff Lambdin of Greenwood, Clark Henderson Lambdin and Hall H. Ratcliffe III, both of Jackson; two daughters, Cabell Richardson Ratcliffe of New Orleans and Karen Lambdin Boyle of Waycross, Ga., eight grandchildren, a nephew, Douglas Ratcliffe Duke of Jackson; and a niece Mel Duke Ford of Huntsville, Ala. Pallbearers are Hal Hicks, Simmons Hicks, Donald Hicks, William McGehee, Kenneth Jones, W. Samuel Perkins, Hyde D. Jenkins and Dr. Robert H. Barnes. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Barry Tillman, Dr. John Coffey, Dr. Bruce Kuehnle, Dr. Mallam Morgan, Dr. Walter Colbert, William Statter and Harold F. Hicks. The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity.


RUOFF, DR. JOHN SEBASTIAN

OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper; Tuesday Morning, September 3, 1968, Page 2, Col. 6.

Dr. Ruoff Rites Today at Foster Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held for Dr. John Sebastian Ruoff, 79 who died here Sunday, at three-thirty p.m. at the Foster Funeral Home. Following Catholic Rites, interment at the Natchez City Cemetery, the interment will be private. Dr. Ruoff was born in Natchez on August 15, 1889, the son of the late J. S. and Anacelta Ruoff. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, attended the local Catholic schools and was a graduate of Tulane University, health director of the Adams County Health Department for ten years, commissioned in the United States Public Health Service and a member of Trudeau Society of Saranac Lake, New York. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Maude Kempe Ruoff of Natchez, one son John Kempe Ruoff of Greenwood, S. C., one granddaughter Leslie Kempe Ruoff of Greenwood, two sisters, Mrs. John G. Gains of Kansas City, Kansas, Miss Louise Ruoff of Chicago, Ill., A number of nieces and nephews also survive.

DEATH NOTICE: This death was also listed in the Natchez Democrat Newspaper on Monday, September 2, 1968 on page 2, col. 3. This death notice adds nothing to the above obituary except that the death occurred at a "local nursing home" at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning.



 

RATCLIFFE, DR. HALL H., JR.

OBITUARY --- Natchez Democrat newspaper, Sunday, January 2, 1994. Services for Dr. Hall Holloway Ratcliffe Jr., 62, of Natchez, who died Friday, Dec. 31, 1993, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Natchez with the Revs. Eugene Kohlbecker and Harry Allen officiating. Burial will be in Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home in Natchez. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Ratcliffe residence. He was born April 24, 1931, in Ferriday, La., the son of the late Dr. Hall Holloway and Mary Louise Richardson Ratcliff. He was preceded in death by a son Douglas Middleton Lambdin, and a sister, Mary Pelham Ratcliffe Duke. Dr. Ratcliffe was a retired physician and a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the Southeastern Surgical Congress. He was a communicant of the Trinity Episcopal Church. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He graduated from LSU Medical School and was a member of Nu Sigma Medical Fraternity. Survivors include his wife Mattie Jo Simmons Ratcliffe of Natchez; three sons, Dr. S. H. Jeff Lambdin of Greenwood, Clark Henderson Lambdin and Hall H. Ratcliffe III, both of Jackson; two daughters, Cabell Richardson Ratcliffe of New Orleans and Karen Lambdin Boyle of Waycross, Ga., eight grandchildren, a nephew, Douglas Ratcliffe Duke of Jackson; and a niece Mel Duke Ford of Huntsville, Ala. Pallbearers are Hal Hicks, Simmons Hicks, Donald Hicks, William McGehee, Kenneth Jones, W. Samuel Perkins, Hyde D. Jenkins and Dr. Robert H. Barnes. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Barry Tillman, Dr. John Coffey, Dr. Bruce Kuehnle, Dr. Mallam Morgan, Dr. Walter Colbert, William Statter and Harold F. Hicks. The family requests memorials be made to a favorite charity.


RUOFF, DR. JOHN SEBASTIAN

OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper; Tuesday Morning, September 3, 1968, Page 2, Col. 6.

Dr. Ruoff Rites Today at Foster Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held for Dr. John Sebastian Ruoff, 79 who died here Sunday, at three-thirty p.m. at the Foster Funeral Home. Following Catholic Rites, interment at the Natchez City Cemetery, the interment will be private. Dr. Ruoff was born in Natchez on August 15, 1889, the son of the late J. S. and Anacelta Ruoff. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, attended the local Catholic schools and was a graduate of Tulane University, health director of the Adams County Health Department for ten years, commissioned in the United States Public Health Service and a member of Trudeau Society of Saranac Lake, New York. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Maude Kempe Ruoff of Natchez, one son John Kempe Ruoff of Greenwood, S. C., one granddaughter Leslie Kempe Ruoff of Greenwood, two sisters, Mrs. John G. Gains of Kansas City, Kansas, Miss Louise Ruoff of Chicago, Ill., A number of nieces and nephews also survive.

DEATH NOTICE: This death was also listed in the Natchez Democrat Newspaper on Monday, September 2, 1968 on page 2, col. 3. This death notice adds nothing to the above obituary except that the death occurred at a "local nursing home" at 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning.



 

Mrs. Willie Perry Rawes (nee, Green)
OBITUARY: RAWES. Funeral Services for Mrs. Willie P. Rawes, 93, will be at 3 p.m. today at
the Laird Funeral Home with Elder Marvin Whitney officiating. Burial will be in the Natchez
City Cemetery. Mrs. Rawes, a member of the seventh Day Adventist Church, died Wednesday at
St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, La. Survivors include: one son, E.B. Rawes, Jackson; three
daughters, Mrs. John Brasswll. Monroe, Mrs. James Ketteringham, Natchez and Miss Charlotte
D. Rawes, Jackson, and many great, great-great and great-great-great grandchildren.
 


Capt. Thomas Henry Radigan
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Saturday December 22, 1962
Capt. Thomas H. Radigan, 80, passed away Friday afternoon at 5:15 p.m. at a local hospital. He
was a native of Jackson, having been born there July 25, 1882, the son of the late Edward and
Mary Halfond Radigan. Sapt. Radigan spent most of his life in Natchez and Adams County and
had been a Captain on the Mississippi river for thirty-six years. He was also engaged in the hotel
business in Natchez for 23 years. Capt. Radigan made his home here with his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Louis E. Licata, on High Street. He had retired from active business and public life several years
ago. He served as a member of the board of aldermen of Natchez for several times, was mayor
pro-tem and served on several important committees. He was a communicant of St. Mary's
Cathedral and a member of the Knights of Columbus. A rosary will be recited at the chapel of
Laird Funeral Home at ten a.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held from St. Mary's Cathedral
at four p.m. Saturday with interment to follow in the family plot of the Natchez City Cemetery.
Named as pall bearers are Charles Eidt, O. C. Montgomery, Randall Ferguson, Willie Freeze,
Curtis Cullins, Robert Mulvihill.
 



Mr. Charles Edward Rawes
BURIAL: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Wednesday Morning, June 2, 1948, page 3, column 5.
VETS FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD TODAY. Funeral Services for Technician Charles
E. Rawes, who was killed at Townsville, Australia on April 14, 1943 will be held at two o'clock
this afternoon from Fosters Funeral Home. The remains of Technician Rawes will arrive in
Natchez at eleven o'clock this morning and will be taken to Foster's Funeral Home where he will
remain until time for the funeral services. Elder V. W. Collins of the Natchez Seventh Day
Adventist Church will conduct the services. Technician Rawes is the son of Mrs. Willie Green
Rawes and the late William A. Rawes of Natchez. He is also survived by three sisters, one
brother and a daughter, Ann Rawes of Los Angeles, Cal. Pall bearers will be Kenneth Graves,
Doc Morris, Coyne Miller, E. L. Mizell, Leslie Kaiser and Levon Smith.
 



Mrs. Willie Perry Rawes (nee, Green)
OBITUARY: RAWES. Funeral Services for Mrs. Willie P. Rawes, 93, will be at 3 p.m. today at
the Laird Funeral Home with Elder Marvin Whitney officiating. Burial will be in the Natchez
City Cemetery. Mrs. Rawes, a member of the seventh Day Adventist Church, died Wednesday at
St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, La. Survivors include: one son, E.B. Rawes, Jackson; three
daughters, Mrs. John Brasswll. Monroe, Mrs. James Ketteringham, Natchez and Miss Charlotte
D. Rawes, Jackson, and many great, great-great and great-great-great grandchildren.
 


Dr. John Sebastian Ruoff Jr
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper Tuesday Morning, September 3, 1968, Page 2, Col.
6.
Dr. Ruoff Rites Today at Foster Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held for Dr. John
Sebastian Ruoff, 79 who died here Sunday, at three-thirty p.m. at the Foster Funeral Home.
Following Catholic Rites, interment at the Natchez City Cemetery, the interment will be private.
Dr. Ruoff was born in Natchez on August 15, 1889, the son of the late J. S. and Anacelta Ruoff.
He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, attended the local Catholic schools and was a graduate
of Tulane University, health director of the Adams County Health Department for ten years,
commissioned in the United States Public Health Service and a member of Trudeau Society of
Sarnac Lake, New York. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Maude Kempe Ruoff of
Natchez, one son John Kempe Ruoff of Greenwood, S. C., one granddaughter Leslie Kempe
Ruoff of Greenwood, two sisters, Mrs. John G. Gains of Kansas City, Kansas, Miss Louise Ruoff
of Chicago, Ill., A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
OBITUARY: The Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Monday September 2, 1968, page 2, col. 3.
This death notice adds nothing to the above information with the exception that the death was at
a "local nursing home" and was at 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
 


Mr. Matthaus Ruoff
DEATH: Newspaper "The Daily Democrat" Tuesday February 26, 1884, second page.
Mr. Mattheus Ruoff, beter known as "Fred"......died at his residence in this city.......He was a
native of Wurtemberg, lived at Natchez over 30 years... held in high esteem by his fellow
firemen.
 


Mrs. John Ruoff Sr. (nee, Anacleta Teresa Signaigo)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat newspaper, Thursday morning December 11, 1958, page 11,
Col. 6.
Mrs. John Rouff dies in Chicago Services Today. Funeral services for Mrs. John Ruoff, Sr., who
died in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday will be held at two o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon from St.
Mary's Cathedral. Mrs. Ruoff was a native of Natchez and was the mother of Dr. John S. Ruoff,
director of the Adams County Health Department. In addition to Dr. Ruoff, she is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. John G. Gains, Kansas City, Mo., Miss Alice Ruoff and Miss Louise
Ruoff, both of Chicago, Ill, five grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The body of Mrs. Ruoff will
arrive at Fosters Funeral Home this morning and will remain there until the time of the funeral.
Following the services at the Cathedral, interment will be made in the Natchez City Cemetery.
The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Henry J. Foggo, Sr., Henry J. Foggo, Jr.,
Clarence Raggio, Francis Perrault, Bob Mulvihill and Sam Junkin, Jr.


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