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Edna Ratcliff

Edna Pauline Alsobrook Ratcliff, 85, of Stamps, died Thursday, February 24, 2005, at the Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia.

She was born January 2, 1920, in Cale, to the late Edgar and Zula May Godle Alsobrook.

Mrs. Ratcliff worked many years as a nurse at the Prescott Hospital and Magnolia Clinic. She was a member of the Stamps Presbyterian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jake Ratcliff; two great-grandchildren, Reagan and Landon Belk; two sisters, Patty Jane Samuelson and Lois Bright and by a brother, Elwood DeWoody.

Pauline held God, family and honor above all else. She will be forever remembered.

She is survived by two daughters, Linda Jones and Bobbie Genell Barham both of Stamps; granddaughter, Rhonda Staggs and husband Michael of Stamps; great-grandchildren, Colton and Dawson Belk, Austin and Adam Staggs; one sister, Lillian Langston of Searcy; one brother, Thomas Alsobrook of Oklahoma; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends whose lives she has touched.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2005, at Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Petie Ward officiating with burial in Lakeside Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home in Stamps.

Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Smith Funeral Home.