Ralph Lesley Lathrop

May 7, 2017

Mr. Ralph Lesley Lathrop, 71, of Fort Mill, died Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Services will be private. Born in Anson, Maine and raised in DeLand, Florida, Ralph was a son of the late Gordon Earl Lathrop and Beulah Burris Lathrop. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Ralph attended Faith Assembly Church in Rock Hill. He was a craftsman and an avid reader. Surviving are his wife, Linda Marjorie Lockerby Lathrop; two sons, Robert Wesley Lathrop and his wife, Merri-lynn of Ipswich, Mass. and Timothy Ralph Lathrop and his wife, Teresa of Westfield, Mass.; his siblings, Jacqueline “Jackie” Sneed and her husband, Jack, Prudence “Prudie” Hudson, Virginia “Ginger” Waters, Diana Brock and her husband, Edwin, Esther Gould and her husband, Bill, Kenneth Lathrop and his wife, Myong, Carrie Cardascia and her husband, John, Barbara Bush and her husband, Mike, all of Florida; and four grandchildren, Wesley, Jeremy, Katelin and Jordan. He was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas William Lathrop. Memorials may be made to Faith Assembly of God, 2800 Faith Blvd., Rock Hill, SC 29732.