R. C. Ratheal

Personal

     Ratheal, Roy Clarance (R.C.)	     	       
     Birth: June 30, 1901 Waco, McLennan Co., Texas        
     Death: April 3, 1984 Crosbyton Hospital, Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX
     Occupation: Farmer, Businessman
     Religion: Southern Baptist
     Father: Walter Perry Ratheal 
     Mother: Emma Bradberry 
     Came to the Pansy Community in 1914.
     Former Deacon of the Pansy Bapist Ch
     Former Trustee of Leatherwood School
     Former Director of the Floydada Lighthouse Electric Co.
     Helped organize & served as President of the Crosbyton Senior Citizens Club
     Was named the 1977 Citizen of the Year
     Member of the Lions Club
     Served on the Board of the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service.
     Was a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner
     Submitted by Charles Caballero
      

Obituary

CROSBYTON (Special) - Services for R. Clarence Ratheal, 82, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the First Baptist Church with C. Melvin Ratheal of Youngtown, Ariz.; the Rev. R.C. Hester, pastor of the Pansy Baptist Church; and the Rev. Leo Willard, pastor of the McAdoo Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.

Ratheal, a native of Waco, died at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday in the Crosbyton Hospital after a brief illness.

He came to the Pansy community in 1914 and married Rella Mary Starrett there Aug 3, 1919. He was a farmer and deacon of the Pansy Baptist Church, trustee of Leatherwood School, and a director of Floydada Lighthouse Electric Co.

He helped organize and was president of the Crosbyton Senior Citizens Club where he was named the 1977 Citizen of the Year. He was a member of the Lions Club and had served on the board of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service here. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner.

Survivors include his wife; a son, C. Melvin of Youngtown, Ariz.; two daughters, Winnell Hardin and Mary Havens of McAdoo; a brother, Alvie of Crosbyton; a sister, Jeannie Moore of Crosbyton; six grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

Grandsons will be pallbearers.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, April 4, 1984

Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum

Cemetery List | Home Page | Table of Contents | Helping with this Project

Crosby County TXGenWeb Project Webmaster Linda Fox Hughes

©Crosby County Historical Commission