Mrs Maudie Hoover was born Sept 17, 1922 in Floyd County, KY, one of 16 children of James Lee RATLIFF and Polly Ellen SUTTON. She died June 17, 2010 in Prestonsburg, KY. The wife of George G. Hoover.

THEIR CHILDREN:
* Timothy Duane Hoover born Feb 12, 1959 in McDowell, KY, died Thurs, Jan 17, 2002 age 42 at home, Hippo, KY. Funeral was Mon. Jan, 21, 2002 at the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, Martin, KY, Joe Ratliff officiating. Burial in Miners Cemetery, Eastern, KY.
* David Gordon Hoover of Hippo, KY
* Don Williams Hoover of Hippo, KY
* James Reginald Hoover of Paintsville, KY
* Phyllis Ann Wilks of Hippo, KY
* Margaret Louise of Prestonsburg, KY 1948–2011
* Wanda Caldwell of Prestonsburg, KY. Spouse, Adam

MAUDIE'S SIBLINGS:
* Mrs Carrie (Corbet) Prater born Oct 28, 1906 in KY, died June 18, 1990 in Hueysville, KY
* Frank L. RATLIFF born 1913 in KY, died Oct 22, 1933 in Floyd co., KY at age 20
* Sanford S. Ratliff, a coal miner, born October 1, 1910, in Floyd Co., KY, died Monday, October 29, 2001, at Trillium Hospital in Albion, Michigan at age 91. He married Sadie Slusher in May 1934. She was born in 1920 and died in 1993 at age 73.
* William RATLIFF born April 21, 1915 in Floyd co, KY, died Sept 3, 1992 of Hueysville, KY, age 77
* Worley RATLIFF born May 15, 1916 in KY, died Nov 16, 1995 in Perry, KY, age 79. His widow, Hazel RATLIFF died Nov 21, 2002 and was buried in Vanderpool Cemetery, at Hueysville, KY
* Mrs Dottie (Chester) Neeley of Hueysville, KY born Jan. 22, 1918, died July 3, 2012, age 94; buried in the Neeley Cemetery, Prestonsburg, KY with her husband and their son Russell who died 2013 age 56.
* Mrs Cora Slone of Prestonsburg, KY born July 12, 1921 in Floyd co., died 2005 of San Antonio, TX, mother of Forester Slone
* Joseph David RATLIFF born March 15, 1927 in Hueysville, Ky died June 6, 2009 in Hueysville, age 82; buried in the Ratliff Family Cemetery with his wife. He was a Baptist minister and US Army Korean War veteran.
* 6 other brothers and sisters died before 2001.

MAUDIE'S PARENTS: James Lee Ratliff born April 15, 1879 in KY, died Dec 15, 1966 in Hueysville, age 87. Polly Ellen (SUTTON) RATLIFF, born Oct 27, 1883, died Sept 15, 1968 in Hueysville, KY.

SANFORD'S FUNERAL was Fri, November 2, 2001 at J. Kevin Tidd Funeral Home, 811 Finley Drive, Albion, pastors Garvel Owens and Jim Snyder officiating. Interment at Fairview Cemetery in Homer, Michigan.

Sources: Maudie's Obituary, Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV, June 18, 2010; residence at time of death: Hippo, KY.

Social Security Death Index; Sanford Ratliff's obituary Sanford S. Ratliff, The Floyd County Times, Prestonburg, KY, Dec 5, 2003; Worldconnect /Rootsweb; etc.