Delphla Ratliff was born on June 9, 1921, in Kimper, Pike County, Kentucky, United States, the daughter of Floyd Ratliff and Flora Ellen Layne.[1]
She married Merl McKinney as his second wife on November 9, 1957, in Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, with L. G. Hernden, a Baptist Minister, as the officiant,[2] subsequently having two known children, a daughter, and a son.
Delphla McKinney née Ratliff passed away on October 10, 2002, in Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, United States.[3]
Sources
↑Birth Registration — "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHV-GQMV : 11 February 2018), Delpha Ratliff, 1921; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
↑Marriage — "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-2CHT : 20 February 2021), Merl McKinney and Delphia Ratliff, 09 Nov 1957; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Lebanon, Virginia, United States, certificate 34658, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑Death — "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYK6-P3V : 9 January 2021), Delphia Mckinney, 10 Oct 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF2-BDQ : accessed 23 May 2022), Delpha Ratliff in household of Lloyd Ratliff, District 5, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 7B, line 54, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 775; FHL microfilm 2,340,510.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YL-59V : 9 January 2021), Belvia Ratcliff in household of Lloyd Ratcliff, Magisterial District 5, Pike, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-23, sheet 16B, line 54, 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.
Obituary — "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRD-1PZV : accessed 23 May 2022), Delphia Ratliff Mckinney, Huntington, West Virginia, United States, 11 Oct 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Herald-Dispatch, The, born-digital text.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263222228/delphia-mckinney: accessed 20 January 2024), memorial page for Delphia Ratliff McKinney (9 Jun 1921–10 Oct 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 263222228, citing Annie E. Young Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Terry West (contributor 51247741).
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