Ratcliffe, William Guy

William Guy (Jack) Ratcliffe, 85, of Peck St. in Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg.

Born in Pearisburg on April 30, 1923, he was a son of the late Lacy Len and Hazel Davis Ratcliffe. Jack was a member of Pembroke First United Methodist Church, and had been a member of Pembroke Ruritan Club. He graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1943 at Pearisburg High School; was employed as Supervisor at Leas & McVitty Tannery in Bluff City from 1952 to 1969; was Director of Housekeeping at Radford University until his retirement in 1986; and was proud to be a pitcher on the Leas & McVitty Softball Team in the 1950’s.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Hazel Marie Montgomery; sisters, Lena Fay Ratcliffe, Patty Ratcliffe, Polly Clyburn and Fannie Meredith; and brothers, Vivian Ratcliffe, Harvey Ratcliffe and Jerry Wayne Ratcliffe.

He leaves to cherish his memory his faithful and devoted wife, Ruth Reed Ratcliffe; his daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and Allen Ross, of Pearisburg, Susie and George Pugh, of Wirtz, and Joann and Jimmy Williams, of Missouri; his eight grandchildren; his 11 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Lacy Ratcliffe and John Ratcliffe; and his sisters, Dorothy Slusher, Mary Jane Bartley, Betty Eads and Martha Dunn.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2008, in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke with burial following in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening, July 10, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting kendallfuneralhome.com.