Josephine Brooks Lowery Mrs. Ratliff

MCFARLAN - Mrs. Josephine Brooks Lowery Ratliff, 93, died Friday, May 29, 2015 at Cheraw Healthcare in Cheraw, SC. Funeral services will be 11:00am Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Larry King officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Leavitt Funeral Home, Wadesboro and other times at the home. Josephine was born April 6, 1922 in Richmond County, NC a daughter of the late John B. 'Bunn' and Hattie Morgan Brooks. She cared for children in her home for many years and later worked at Wadesboro Nursing Home, retiring after 16 years there. She was a dedicated member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Surviving are her children, Donnie (Mildred) Lowery of McFarlan, Lonnie Ray (Juanita) Lowery of Norwood, David Lowery and Mary (Devoide) Teal both of Cheraw, SC; her daughter-in-law, Dottie Ann Lowery of Chesterfield, SC; her sisters and brother, Lois Lowery of Springfield, VA, Peggy (Carl) Currie of Wilmington, Patsy (C.B.) White and Bill (Betsy) Brooks both of Lumberton and Sue McRae of Laurinburg; 13 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her step-children, Gayland Ratliff of High Point, Delton Ratliff of Iron Station, Dallas Ratliff of Lilesville, Ernestine Brooks of Huntersville and Avis Crowley of McFarlan and their families. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Clayton Lowery and Monroe Ratliff, children, Charles, Larry and Dorothy Lowery, granddaughter, Elizabeth Renee Teal, and sister and brothers, Gladys White, Marshall Brooks and J.B. Brooks. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, c/o Becky Nelson, P.O. Box 13, McFarlan, NC 28103 or to Thompson Creek Baptist Church Meals on Wheels Program, 3365 Wamble Hill Rd., Chesterfield, SC 29709. The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadeboro.com