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He is married to Shirley Ruth Hedrick.

They got married on January 9, 1954, he was 24 years old.


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    Paul Lewis Ratchford
    BIRTH
    21 Jul 1928
    Gaston County, USA
    DEATH
    21 Oct 2015 (aged 87)
    Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
    BURIAL
    Antioch Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
    Dallas, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
    MEMORIAL ID
    190711887 · View Source
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    He was born in Gaston County to the late Charles Price and Laura Best Ratchford.

    Paul was a dedicated son, husband, brother, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved his church family and spending time with his family. Paul was a lifelong member of Antioch Lutheran Church of Dallas, where he taught Sunday school and sang in the church choir for over 45 years. He was also a member of the Lutheran Men and served on the church council. Paul was a member of Agriculture Center volunteer fire department and he loved serving others. He retired from Southern Bell/AT&T/Lucent where he worked for 45 years. Paul loved Lenoir-Rhyne football.

    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Clarence Ratchford and wife, Edo, Don Ratchford and wife, Mabel; sisters, Elizabeth Ratchford, Lillie Mae Ratchford; sister-in-law, Ruth Ratchford.

    He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Shirley Hedrick Ratchford, sons, Rodney Ratchford and wife, Gail, of North Augusta, S.C., Jerry Ratchford and wife, Janet, of Stanley; brothers, Charles Ratchford and Claude Ratchford Sr. and wife, Jean; grandchildren, Andrea Ratchford Finger and husband, Mike, Rever-end Thomas Houston Ratchford and wife, Hilary, and Mark Hines; great-granddaughter, Ainsley Grace Finger.

    Funeral:Antioch Lutheran Church in Dallas, with Pastor George Rhyne officiating.

    Interment:Antioch Garden of Peace.



    Family Members
    Parents
    Charles Price Ratchford
    1885–1934

    Spouse
    Shirley Ruth Hedrick Ratchford
    1933–2022

    Siblings

    Clarence Luther Ratchford
    1910–1985


    Lillie Mae Ratchford
    1914–2010


    Elizabeth Ratchford
    1917–2007


    Charles Price Ratchford
    1919–2018


    Howard Donette Ratchford
    1922–1986

    Claude Dennis Ratchford
    1931–2023

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    Added: 19 Jun 2018
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Historical events

Birthday July 21, 1929

  • The temperature on July 21, 1929 was between 16.4 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
    • February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
    • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
    • June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
    • June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
    • October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Day of marriage January 9, 1954

  • The average temperature on January 9, 1954 was 2.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
    • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
    • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
    • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
    • November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
    • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

Day of death October 15, 2015

  • The temperature on October 15, 2015 was between 2.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 2015: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
    • May 9 » An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people on board killed.
    • July 27 » At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
    • October 1 » A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
    • October 10 » Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.
    • October 26 » A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
    • December 9 » The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business.


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