Clara Beatrice Ratcliffe

Visitation is 12:00-2:00pm Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm in the funeral home chapel with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens.

Mrs. Ratcliffe was a gifted and successful interior decorator with Home Interior and Gifts for many years, receiving the “Queen of Nations” award for three years. She also had a lengthy career with WalMart.

She was very loving and outgoing, a true “people person”. Very strong in her Christian faith, she was an animal lover, and was devoted to her beloved children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Survivors include son, Rev. William H. Ratcliffe, Jr. and wife Judith; daughter, Beatrice Lee Ratcliffe; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Ann Ratcliffe; brother, Vaughn Hopkins; sister, Grace Milewski;

grandchildren, Stephen W. Ratcliffe, Brian T. Ratcliffe, Sharon L. DiMartino, Lorraine B. Fagan, David L. Ratcliffe, Loretta L. Tjarks, Carolyn B. Johnson, Mark T. Ratcliffe, Victoria L. Steen, John W. Halter and Elizabeth A. Moreno; 36 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William H. Ratcliffe, Sr.; son, Thomas K. Ratcliffe; and great-granddaughters, Christina LeeAnn DiMartino and Mariah Moreno.

The family extends a special thanks to the staff of Brandon Nursing and Rehab, as well as Gentiva Hospice for their outstanding care and support.