Services
Mr. Ragsdale will be laid to rest Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Willis and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson, MS. His services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014.
Obituary
Mr. Ladrie Ragsdale was born on November 6, 1955 in Lena, Mississippi. He was the third child of Dorothy Ragsdale and Johnny Ragsdale. Ladrie accepted Christ at an early age when he joined Good Hoe Baptist Church of Lena, Mississippi. He was a loving, cheerful, and hard working man. He greeted everyone with a warm and gentle smile. Ladrie kept his family and friends laughing with his bubbly and comical sense of humor.
Ladrie is preceded in death by Johnny Ragsdale (father), Willie Ragsdale and Elliott Ragsdale (nephews), Lenore Ragsdale (niece), and Gary Sims (brother-in-law). Ladrie's blessed memories will be cherished by his children, Emmanuel and Jeremiah McGee; mother, Dorothy Ragsdale; five sisters, Beatrice Gray McCall (Willie), Ollie Martin, Genettie Norwood (Willie), Ella Turner (Zachary), and Willie Cager; four brothers Jimmy Ragsdale, Johnny Ragsdale and Michael Ragsdale, all of Jackson Mississippi, and Dennis Ragsdale (Laquita) Lena, Mississippi; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephew, and friends.
Ladrie is preceded in death by Johnny Ragsdale (father), Willie Ragsdale and Elliott Ragsdale (nephews), Lenore Ragsdale (niece), and Gary Sims (brother-in-law). Ladrie's blessed memories will be cherished by his children, Emmanuel and Jeremiah McGee; mother, Dorothy Ragsdale; five sisters, Beatrice Gray McCall (Willie), Ollie Martin, Genettie Norwood (Willie), Ella Turner (Zachary), and Willie Cager; four brothers Jimmy Ragsdale, Johnny Ragsdale and Michael Ragsdale, all of Jackson Mississippi, and Dennis Ragsdale (Laquita) Lena, Mississippi; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephew, and friends.