Logan Don Ratcliff, 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 13, 2019.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at Old First Orange Baptist Church in Orange with Reverend Keith Meyer officiating. Entombment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born in Orange, Texas, on November 24, 1934, he was a member of an Orange pioneering family. He was the son of Sidney Charles Ratcliff and Mable P (McClellan) Ratcliff. Logan was a Senior Civil Structural Designer for Petrocon Engineering and was a member of many organizations including the National Rifle Association, National Woodcarver Association, Texas Woodcarver Association, and the American Quarter Horse Association. He was ordained a Baptist Deacon in 1969 and served at Old First Orange Baptist Church as well as Winfree Baptist Church. Logan loved his family dearly and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney and Mable Ratcliff; his siblings; and his great-grandson, Bentley Deats Outlaw.
Logan is survived by his loving wife, Karen Ratcliff; children, Donna and Bill Williams, Myra and Perry Swiney, Pam and Ed Worthy, and Donny and Stacy Ratcliff, all of Orange; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and numerous other loving family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons, Corey Stephenson, Chad Granger, Edwin Worthy, IV, Chad Hebert, Daniel Pachar, and Jarod Fenner. Honorary pallbearers are Cody Outlaw, Isa Garcia, and Nick Daigle.
Condolences
Jimmy
January 16, 2019
Dear Uncle Logan always my favorite uncles always in my heart you will live forever and my mind will never forget you still to this day when I come across a little kids in my life I always make them do the Hoot owl face when do you know they love it just as much as I did I caught myself doing this today the news that you're passing I just found out and I feel like the breath I was taken right out of my body then I remembered how you are and I know you we wanted to be a celebration of life
I just want you to know how much you would truly be missed just knowing you're not there embody but you always be with me in spirit safe passage on your new journey
Rest in peace Uncle Logan until we meet again goodbye Little Jimmy Henry
Anonymous
January 15, 2019
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January 15, 2019
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Mike Abernathy
January 15, 2019
Sincere condolences my friend. Mike Abernathy
Stephen Thompson
January 15, 2019
I met Logan while working at Olin Chemical in Westlake in the late seventies and early eighties. We ended up car pooling for three years....Good times with a Great man! My sincere condolences to the family! Steve Thompson
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January 15, 2019
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January 15, 2019
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Bell Jackson
January 14, 2019
Praying for your family...hugs to you all.
Bell Holcomb Jackson
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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January 14, 2019
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Nancy Lyles Sonnier
January 14, 2019
To the Ratcliff family: I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one. I know that Ms. Karen and each of you children have very special memories of him and that is what will get you through his loss. Words cannot express the feelings you have but I hope that each of you know that I will keep you in my prayers and my thoughts - Much love to each of you, Nancy Lyles Sonnier
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January 14, 2019
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