Rev. Barratt R. Banta AB8NL/SK

Rev. Barratt R. Banta, who lived in Bristol Village, a retirement community in Waverly, Ohio, died on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

Barratt was born on September 3, 1931 in Grass Valley, California and grew up in Oakland, CA. A graduate of Pasadena College, San Francisco Theological Seminary, and the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, he served as pastor of Presbyterian churches in New Richmond, Ohio; Loves Park, Illinois; Marion, Ohio; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and Houghton Lake, Michigan before retiring and moving into Bristol Village in December of 2000.

Barratt is survived by a sister, Barbara Self, of Pahrump, NV; and a brother, Richard Banta, of Chico, CA. His daughter, Carol Jayne Banta lives in Bethesda, MD.