NameMichael Eugene Ratterree6
Birth29 Sep 1951, District of Columbia, United States81
BurialFlorida Narional Cemetery, 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, Sumter Co., Florida
Obituary
Mr. Michael "Bear" Ratterree of Winter Haven died of heart disease Wednesday (Oct. 22, 2003) Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 52.Born in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 1951, he came to Winter Haven from Virginia in 1975. He was a corrugator operator at Georgia Pacific Box Co. in Auburndale. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War who served in 1971 and 1972 and received the Silver Star. He was a member of AmVets Post No. 32 and the United States Military Veterans Motor Cycle Club in Lakeland. He was a Presbyterian.Mr. Ratterree is survived by his daughters, Frances Angell, Dacula, Ga., Sharon Ratterree, Winter Haven; brothers, Steve Ratterree, Florence, Ala., Tim Ratterree, Dade City; sisters, Vickie Dickson, Palm Harbor, Terri Haire, New Port Richey; father, Eugene Ratterree, Palm Harbor; mother, Marian Ratterree, Manassas, Va.; two grandchildren.
Spouses
BurialMount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, 5415 Mount Olive Rd., Polk City, Polk Co., Florida
Marriage1 Aug 1982, Florida