Genealogy Wylie » Robert Carlton Ratchford RC BdpObFg (1933-2012)

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Household of Robert Carlton Ratchford RC BdpObFg

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They got married on September 13, 1953, he was 20 years old.


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Notes about Robert Carlton Ratchford RC BdpObFg

Robert Ratchford played high school baseball for the Dallas HS yellowjackets, under coach Dennis Franklin. After HS, Robert was drafted and sent to Korea. After the war, he returned and attended NC State College. He earned a living in the insurance business, working for Nationwide Insurance Company.

Robert C. Ratchford Memorial

Robert Carlton "Bob" Ratchford, 79, of Raleigh died peacefully in his home on October 31, 2012 after a brief illness. He was born in Morganton, North Carolina to Brady Winfield and Lucille Robinson Ratchford and grew up in Dallas, North Carolina..

Robert was a graduate of Dallas High School, Class of 1951. He was quarterback on the Dallas High School football team and pitcher on the baseball team..

Robert married his high school sweetheart, Gwendolyn Gray Wright, on September 13, 1953. They raised a family of three and shared 59 years of love and devotion to one another..

Robert graduated from North Carolina State University in 1959 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He was a member of the NC State Alumnus Association and an avid fan of his beloved Wolfpack. He rarely missed a home football game..

After brief employment at Wix as an engineer, Robert followed his call to work with people and took a job with Nationwide Insurance, where he worked as a Regional Sales Manager for 25 years. He loved and was loved by his colleagues at Nationwide, many of whom remained life long friends..

Robert was a man of faith. He was ordained as a deacon in Dallas Presbyterian Church and was an active member of North Raleigh Presbyterian Church..

Robert was an avid golfer, hunter, and fisherman. He loved the outdoors, the beach, and his boat Happy Times..

Robert was an inspiration to all who knew him for the active, joyful way he lived his life despite the rheumatoid arthritis which confined him to a wheelchair in his later years..

We love and will remember him for his large, generous personality. It enriched his life and ours..

Robert was preceded in death by his son Robert Carlton "Bob" Ratchford, Jr., his brother Ronald Gene Ratchford, and his niece Allison Addington Sabolchick..

He is survived by his wife Gwen Wright Ratchford of Raleigh, NC, his daughter Elizabeth Ratchford Brewer and husband John Martin Brewer of Clayton, NC, his daughter Susan Ratchford Mazzara and husband Christopher Stefan Mazzara of Cary, NC, and his daughter-in-law Cheryl Ann Ratchford of Raleigh NC..

He is also survived by three grandchildren Stefan Curtis Mazzara of Raleigh, NC, Rachel Elizabeth Hannah Mazzara of Chapel Hill, NC, and Rebecca Ann Ratchford of Raleigh, NC. He was proud of each of them..

His surviving siblings are Brady Winfield “Sonny” Ratchford, Jr. and wife Betty Beaver Ratchford of Dallas, NC, Nancy Ratchford Friday and husband Joe David Friday of Denver, NC, and Margaret Ratchford Addington and husband Larry Forrest Addington of Dallas, NC. He has 10 nieces and nephews..

A memorial service will be held on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm at North Raleigh Presbyterian Church..

Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Robert Ratchford to Bayleaf Fire Department Station 1, 11713 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614..

The family is grateful for the loyal help Robert received from the firemen of Station 1..

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    RALEIGH - Robert Carlton "Bob" Ratchford, 79, died peacefully in his home on Oct. 31, 2012, after a brief illness. He was born in Morganton on April 5, 1933, son of Brady Winfield and Lucille Robin¬son Ratchford and grew up in Dallas. He is survived by his wife, Gwen Wright Ratchford and daughters, Elizabeth Ratchford Brewer and Susan Ratchford Mazzara. He was preceded in death by his son, Robert Carlton Ratchford Jr.A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Monday at North Ra¬leigh Presbyterian Church.Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Robert Ratchford to Bayleaf Fire De¬partment Station 1, 11713 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614.
    Published in Gaston Gazette on November 3, 2012

Historical events

Birthday April 5, 1933

  • The temperature on April 5, 1933 was between 5.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
    • February 20 » Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
    • March 4 » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
    • April 7 » Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.)
    • May 27 » The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
    • October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

Day of marriage September 13, 1953

  • The temperature on September 13, 1953 was between 6.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
    • January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
    • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
    • November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
    • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death October 31, 2012

  • The temperature on October 31, 2012 was between 3.5 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
    • March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
    • June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
    • July 4 » The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
    • October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
    • November 21 » At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
    • December 12 » North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.


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