Ralph Dean Liles, 93 passed away from a loving and caring family into the peace and joy of our Heavenly Father on October 7, 2013 at 2:15 am.

Ralph faithfully served his country in the Army Air Corps from 1942-1948, and his Lord from 1953-2013 in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas & MO. He was part of the first graduating class of Baptist Bible College in 1953.

He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Ruth Evelyn Liles of Springfield, MO; his four children, Linda Ruth Cappella, Kenneth Dean (Carylon) Liles, Mary Kay (W. Lee) Beall, Paulette (Dalton) Walker; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 from 4-6 pm at West Division Street Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 10 am at the Church under the direction of Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at White Chapel. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.