Mary Magdalene (Ratliff) West (1933 - 2010)

Born 10 Jan 1933 in Kimper, Pike County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Cleveland West Jr — married 3 Apr 1957 in Lebanon County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 2010 at age 77 in Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary Magdalene "Magdalene" Ratliff was born on January 10, 1933, in Kimper, Pike County, Kentucky, United States, the daughter of Floyd Ratliff and his wife Flora Ellen Layne.^[1]

On 1940, the 7-year-old Magdalene (listed as "Madaline") was living with her family on the family's farm at Hurricane Fork of John's Creek, Pike County. Home at the time were her father; Floyd (58), farmer of his own farm; her mother; Flora (50); and her siblings: 23-year-old Brilla (listed as Gabrilla); 21-year-old Goldie; 18-year-old Delphia; 16-year-old Zack, a farmhand; 14-year-old Bernon, also a farmhand; and 10-year-old Arson.^[2]

She married Cleveland West Jr (known as "Junior") as his second wife, on April 3, 1957, in Lebanon County, Virginia, United States.^[3] They were to have four children, two daughters, and two sons.

Mary Magdalene "Magdalene" West née Ratliff passed away February 18, 2010, in Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, United States,^[4] and was interred in the Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, where her husband had already been laid to rest.^[5] She was survived by her children, a brother (Arson Ratliff), and a sister (Goldie Blackburn née Ratliff), and numerous other extended family.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration — "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH2-QH5W : 11 February 2018), Mary Ratliff, 1933; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YL-59G : 9 January 2021), Madaline Ratcliff in household of Lloyd Ratcliff, Magisterial District 5, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-23, sheet 16B, line 58, family 233, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1350.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration — "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBB-CG2R : 20 February 2021), Junior West and Mary Magdalene Ratliff, 03 Apr 1957; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Lebanon, Virginia, United States, certificate 10440, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
4. ↑ Death — Magdalene West in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Name: Magdalene West; Social Security Number: [redacted]; Birth Date: 10 Jan 1933; Issue Year: 1953-1954; Issue State: Kentucky; Last Residence: 41557, Raccoon, Pike, Kentucky, USA; Death Date: 19 Feb 2010
5. ↑ Burial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/174400720/magdalene-west : accessed 22 May 2022), memorial page for Magdalene Ratliff West (10 Jan 1933–18 Feb 2010), Find A Grave: Memorial #174400720, citing Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Combs26 (contributor 48250375).

• From personal knowledge

• Obtained marriage date from Family Search.

• Obituary obtained from Lucas and Son website.

• Final resting place Johnson Memorial at Pikeville, Ky.