Date of birth: 28 Jun 1892
Date of death: 12 Feb 1964

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0220-16
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US Army (Mississippi)
Rank: SGT QMC - 326 Sup Co
War/Campaign: World War I
Military Notes:

Military Inscription

Mississippi
SGT QMC 326 Sup Co
World War I

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Notes

Obituary 

Ernest F. Rathell
Services To Be Today For
Lexington Planter

LEXINGTON, Miss., Feb. 12. — Ernest Franklin Rathell, planter and cattleman of Lexington, died at home here Wednesday afternoon. He was 71 years old.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Lexington Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery with Southern Funeral Home in charge.

Mr. Rathell was a lifelong Holmes County resident. He was a Mason, a Shriner and a World War I veteran. He was a member of Lexington Presbyterian Church.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Maude Rathell; a son, Ernest Rathell Jr. of Lexington; two daughters, Mrs. Dan McCullen of Jackson and Mrs. Charles McCain of LaGrange, Ga.; two sisters, Miss Susie Rathell and Mrs. Charlie Lundy, both of Lexington; a brother, Abe Rathell of Lexington, and seven grandchildren.

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Family Members

Parents
James Arthur Rathell
1847–1924

Mary Katherine Clower Rathell
1852–1932

Siblings
William Arthur Rathell
1871–1938

Sarah Rathell Lundy
1873–1965

Mary Pernecie Lyon
1875–1958

Abel Grace Rathell
1877–1970

Benjamin Clower Rathell
1879–1929

Lillian N. Rathell
1883–1959

Wesley Rathell
1886–1908

Susie Clower Rathell
1890–1965

Pearl Amelia Rathell
1894–1917

Spouse
Maude Mangum Rathell
1894–1991

Children
Ernest Franklin Rathell, Jr.
1924–1985

Sue Beth Rathell McCullen
1926–2013

Nancy Rathell McCain
1931-living

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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