Beatrice Ratcliff Dunn Leggett
Published 5:00 am Monday, April 11, 2005
Services for Beatrice Ratcliff Dunn Leggett, of Sumrall,formerly of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m., Monday, April 11, at BrookhavenFuneral Home Chapel with burial in the Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints Cemetery, Red Star Ward.
Visitation is today from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Leggett, 90, died April 8, 2005, at Wesley Medical Centerin Hattiesburg. She was born in Lincoln County on April 24, 1914,to Richard Ratcliff and Ida Smith Ratcliff.
She was a retired garment factory worker. She was a member ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Brookhavenbranch.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husbands, R.G. Dunnand Eugene Leggett; four brothers, Rance, Carlos, Sydney, and AlabyRatcliff; two sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Ratcliff and Donis Ratcliff;her brother-in-law, Clyde Ward; and a great-grandson, James MichaelBrent.
Survivors are her daughter, Joyce Dunn Brent, of Hattiesburg;her son, James Edward Dunn, of Knoxville, Tenn.; her sister, NellieWard, of Brookhaven; her brothers and sister-in-law, Percy andGertie Ratcliff, and Versie Ratcliff, all of Brookhaven; hersisters-in-law, Ovelia Ratcliff and Mavis Ratcliff, both ofBrookhaven; four grandchildren, Debbie McLemore, of Wesson, andJeff, Mitch and Randy Brent, all of Hattiesburg; ninegreat-grandchildren, Kristin McLemore, Kayla McLemore, KimberlyMcLemore, Ross Brent, Davis Brent, Jeffrey Brent, Chadly Brent,Jonathan Brent and Ansley Brent; and numerous nieces andnephews.