Ralph Clinton Spaulding, Sr.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Ralph Clinton Spaulding, Sr., 90, will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, June 7, 2024, at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home Coushatta chapel with Bro. David Hanna officiating. Interment will be held at a later date in Clear Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:00 AM until service time.

Ralph was born on April 23, 1934, in Stonecoal, West Virginia, to John and Ethel Meade Spaulding Blankenship and passed June 3, 2024, in Coushatta, Louisiana.

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; brother, John L. Spaulding; and sister, Faye Arrington.  Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Virginia Carroll Spaulding; sons, Ralph C. Spaulding, Jr. “Chip” (Lisa) and Kevin G. Spaulding “Buddy” (Shelley); daughter, Renee Martin (Kendall); sister, Tharon Newsome; sister-in-law, Charlotte Beard; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.