SIKESTON -- Macedith Anita Ratliff, 77, of Sikeston, died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.
She was born Dec. 13, 1913, at Sikeston, daughter of Henry Truman and Mary Louisa McDonald DeWitt. She attended Temple of Faith Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Melvin Ratliff of Bland; five daughters, Violet Hadley of Glasgow, Ky., Hilda Bogyay, Gloria Sanders and Carol Mick of Lakeside, Calif., June Medlin of Risco; a sister, Edna Henneke of Cahokia, Ill.; 24 grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, two brothers, four sisters and a granddaughter.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dennis Gregory will officiate, with burial in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
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