Obituary for Frank James Battreal Jr.
Frank James Battreal, Jr. Frank James Battreal, Jr., age 81, of St. Augustine, passed away on January 5, 2021 at Baptist South in Jacksonville. He was born and raised in Potosi, Missouri to the late Frank and Bernice Battreal. After high school Frank proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy. He married his highschool sweetheart, Sue Presley and the two were married for 62 years. He retired in 1980 from the Navy as an electronics technician and went to work for Leads &Northup for a few years. He then opened his own business in Georgia repairing control panels. For the past 17 years he has been living in St. Augustine with his wife to be closer to their children. He was very active in their church at Turning Point at Calvary, and served as a deacon and a Sunday School teacher. He was also very involved in the Gideon Ministry. More than anything he loved his family. He is survived by his wife, Sue Battreal; children, Cynthia Edgerly (Don), Laura Roher (David), Melanie Gonzales (Steve), James Battreal (Monica); siblings, Richard Battreal, Glenon Battreal, Doris Mercer, Karen Foster, 13 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by brothers, David Battreal and John Battreal. Celebration of life will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Turning Point at Calvary. Interment will follow at 1:30 pm at Jacksonville National Cemetery. St. Johns Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Due to fact some of my brain cells have escaped my head I'm not sure if I'm "mis-remembering", but it sticks in my head the Master Chief was the NAS Key West AIMD Avionics division leading Chief during the late 70s and up until he retired. If I remember correctly he used to ask me, "Petty Officer Ewing, are you ready to volunteer to join the soon to be reestablished RVAH squadron since they Navy can't get the TARPS pod on the F-14 to work?" and my answer always was, "Aye Aye Master Chief, I'm ready to go!!"