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They got married on September 29, 1956, he was 29 years old.


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  1. Obituaries, via http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta..., July 2, 2016
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    Sam Ratchford Obituary

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    RATCHFORD, Sam SAMUEL (SAM) ELI RATCHFORD Samuel (Sam) Eli Ratchford died peacefully Sunday, July 18, 2010, with his family at his bedside. He was born in Gaston County, North Carolina on September 1, 1926, son of the late Jasper E. Ratchford, and Ida Clemmer Ratchford. At Wingate Junior College/High School in Wingate, North Carolina, he took both high school and college courses, and received a full college basketball scholarship to play at the school. After graduation from Wingate, Sam attended the University of North Carolina and then Georgia Tech, participating briefly in the Navy V-5 program. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in 1952, and earned his LLB from the Atlanta Law School in 1959. In 1956, he married nurse Redetha (Deedy) Ann Wilson, who preceded him in death in 2001. He was president of the 15-person firm Insurance Investigating and Adjusting, Inc, from 1973 to 1999, as well as risk manager and adjuster there for 25 years. Major clients included Hertz and Delta Airlines. Living in Atlanta since 1952, Sam enjoyed golf, strength training, running and fine wine. A fitness devotee and jovial person who loved people, he "worked out" almost daily. He was a member of Chi Phi Social Fraternity; Sigma Delta Kappa Legal Fraternity; Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia; the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA, Decatur, Georgia; and Big Canoe Golf Club, Big Canoe, Georgia, where he enjoyed a second home. While at UGA, he was a Boy Scout leader, giving back to the organization what he had received as a scout earlier in North Carolina. He also was a member of UGA's track team. Sam was a long-time supporter of the Atlanta Symphony, the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA, Salvation Army, and Atlanta Union Mission. Sam is survived by two sisters; Mary Brown Robinson and Christine Clemmer of Gastonia, North Carolina; two children: Stephen Ratchford of Norcross, Georgia, and Teresa (Terri) Parker of Sylvania, Georgia; daughter-in-law Jane Ratchford, and son-in-law, Hobson Parker; three grandchildren, Brooke Hacker of Sylvania, GA, Alex and Lauren Ratchford of Norcross, GA; three step-grandchildren; Hollis and Del Parker of Sylvania, GA., and Karen Emery of Duluth, GA.; and one step-great grandchild, Max Green of Duluth, GA. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Grove United Methodist Church, 1722 Oak Grove Rd., Decatur, GA. 30033, church phone (404) 636-7558. Family members will receive friends starting at 12:30 p.m. in the church parlor before the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Sam's requested charities; Oak Grove United Methodist Church and Atlanta Union Mission. A. S. Turner & Sons
    Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 23, 2010
    - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=sam-ratchford&pid=144231165#sthash.8oI1prvq.dpuf

Historical events

Birthday September 1, 1927

  • The temperature on September 1, 1927 was between 13.6 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
    • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
    • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
    • December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
    • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
    • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

Day of marriage September 29, 1956

  • The temperature on September 29, 1956 was between 11.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
    • May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
    • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
    • July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
    • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
    • October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).

Day of death July 18, 2010

  • The temperature on July 18, 2010 was between 10.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
    • April 6 » Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
    • April 12 » Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
    • May 11 » David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
    • June 13 » A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
    • September 7 » A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the Senkaku Islands.


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