PLANTERSVILLE - Services for Effie Louise Ratliff Christopher, 82, who died Thursday, February 18th at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 20th in the Tisdale-Lann Memorial Nettleton Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Bates officiating. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery.
  Mrs. Christopher was born in Lee County to Velmer and Ruby Roper Ratliff. She was a lifelong resident of Plantersville, a homemaker and a member of Union United Methodist Church. She was a devoted quilter and seamstress.
  She leaves a daughter, Pat Erb (Billy) of Germantown, Tennessee; two sons, Tommy Christopher (Wanda) and Jimmy Christopher (Pam), all of Nettleton; two  sisters, Laverne Henshaw of Higden, Arkansas and Linda Rich (Jack) of Decatur, Alabama; two brothers, Jearl Ratliff (Donna) of Smithville and Lamar Ratliff (Caroline) of Mantachie; three grandchildren, Lee Christopher (Kim), Chris Buskirk (Tina) and Adam Christopher (Amanda); five great grandchildren and one great great grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvie Lee Christopher, her parents, a sister, Barbara Denson, and two brothers, Dewey and Charles Ratliff.
  Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great nephews.
  Visitation will continue from 8:30 a.m. until time for services Saturday at the funeral home.