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Deanna Ratliff Obituary

She was born in Memphis on July 19, 1961, the daughter of Chester and Priscilla Dulin. Deanna graduated in 1979 from Briarcrest High School, obtained her BS from University of Tennessee Health Sciences, then her Masters from Texas Women's University Deanna was a nurse who served at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas as well as Methodist Central Hospital and Lebonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis. She is survived by three sons, Derrick Ratliff ( Lauren),Eric Ratliff, and Blake Ratliff; her mother, Priscilla Dulin; one brother, Tim Dulin; and six grandchildren, Mason Ratliff, Hayden Ratliff, Hunter Ratliff, Lucas Ratliff, Abigail Ratliff, and Isabelle Ratliff. She was preceded in death by her father, Chester Dulin. The family asks that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Deanna's name Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38119 (901) 767-8930. "Where Memphis comes to remember, since 1924."

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Published by The Daily Memphian on Feb. 12, 2025.

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