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Thomas Douglas Ratcliff
December 1, 1922 - November 28, 2004

Funeral services for Thomas Douglas (T.D.) Ratcliff, 81, of Bastrop, are scheduled for Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at Golden Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 pm, with Rev. William Fowler officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Bastrop.

Mr. Ratcliff died Sunday, November 28, 2004 at the North LA War Veteran's Home, in Monroe. T.D. retired from International Paper Company after 33 years of service, and was a veteran of WWII and Korea, having served with the U.S. Army.

Mr. Ratcliff is survived by his wife, DeLois Ratcliff; a son, Thomas D. Ratcliff, Jr. & wife Vicky of Bastrop; granddaughters, Meaghan & Raeven Ratcliff of Bastrop; sisters, Bessie McMillon of Oklahoma, Willie Bell LeBlanch of McComb, MS; and a brother, Robert Eugene McGuffie of Corpus Christie, TX; and numerous nieces & nephews.

He is preceded in death by his father, Thomas W. Ratcliff; his mother, Gladys McGuffie; step-father, Crawford McGuffie; sister, Helen Tarver; brothers, Willie Ratcliff, Charles Ervin McGuffie, James Howard McGuffie, T.C. McGuffie, Jr., and Jack McGuffie .

Pallbearers will be Robert Davis, James Bo Davis, Jason Mann, James Brown, Ronald Dement, and Donald Dement. Honorary pallbearers will be his granddaughters, Meaghan & Raeven Ratcliff, W.T. Glass, Grady Mann, J.W. Knighten, and Eugene Mann.

Visitation will be at Golden Funeral Home, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 from 5 to 9pm.