Hoyle Herman Ratcliff of Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee United States was born on December 12, 1913 to Lowry Bascom Ratcliff and Mary Ornan (Ponder) Ratcliff. Hoyle was baptized at Forest Hill Baptist Church in Parrottsville,. He married Leta Mae Helm Ratcliff, and died at age 56 years old on March 28, 1970 in Newport. Hoyle Ratcliff was buried at Union Cemetery in Newport.