Today is Larry's  birthday. I always called him on his birthday if for no other reason except to say hello and say Happy Birthday. But as always we would get into remembering times in school, camping, and favorites - motorcycle riding. 
Larry is missed- always will be. 

Bill Human

Larry and I attended Chattanooga State Technical Institute as classmates 1966 - 1969. Larry was very much an outdoors person  and we enjoyed riding motorcycles, canoeing, camping, and sailing. 
Larry was a good friend and the memories of him will always remain with me.

Larry and I worked together at TVA in north Alabama during about 1978 - 1982 in the radiation safety group. Larry and I also sailed  together in a  small boat on the Tennessee River near Florence Alabama. Larry was the skipper - master of the rudder. I was just ballast & working the sheets. 

Larry was a good guy to have on the team.  He was intelligent and hard-working. I will always remember him and his family.

Tom Youngblood

Larry and I got our Nuclear Science degrees together at Chattanooga State Technical Institute in 1969. We helped each other move to Oak Ridge, TN after school. We loved riding our dirt bikes through the mountains of East Tennessee. Those are memories I'll carry forever. Even though he moved to the Carolinas, I really miss. Ride on, Larry.

Your friend,
Tom Shirley

I met Larry at Chattanooga State Technical Institute. We became classmates when the Nuclear Technology was first formed 1967 and graduated June 1969. 
During that time our class of 10 students stuck together like glue. Our favorite past time was to antagonize the Business Manager who was always calling us a group of loafers because he would always catch us sitting in the main hallway doing nothing. The BM was a firey Italian who would turn beet red in an instant. 
I went camping several times with Larry and Wanda, rode motorcycles together, and Larry taught me how to sail. 
When we talked on the phone we would relive the good times.   I will greatly miss that. 

Bill Human
232 Little Gem CT
Griffin, GA 30223
928 575 3261

Larry and I attended Chattanooga State Technical Institute, (now Chattanooga State Technical Community College) and graduated together in 1969 with degrees in Nuclear Science. We helped each other move to Oak Ridge, TN after graduation and worked separate jobs. We enjoyed riding off road motorcycles in the mountains near Oak Ridge. My thoughts and sympathies go out to his children. He was a special friend and a great person. tomshirleysr44@gmail.com

Rest in peace my friend. The bet friend that ever was. Will always be in my heart! The great times we shared are the greatest times of my life.

In memory and honor of my good friend, sailing buddy and classmate from our college days in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the mid-1960s.  May you rest in peace.

Larry was a dear friend and great man. Had the honor of working with him at Brunswick for many years. Always friendly and a great teacher. Taught me many things. I will miss you my friend. 


Our thoughts and prayers for peace and comfort as you go through this difficult time.  We fondly  remember the years you were our neighbors in Muscle Shoals.          The James Brewer family
Jimmy, Charlotte, Phillip and Kim

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Larry Richard Ratliffe

2 février 1940 – 5 janvier 2022

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