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Herman Willard Rattliff (April 1, 1926 – May 29, 2014)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Herman W. Ratliff, Taylor County, KY (1926-2014) )〕 was a retired businessman from Campbellsville, Kentucky, who served from 1968 to 1986 as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership of Kentucky General Assembly, 1900-2004 )〕 He authored the Rattliff-Ward Textbook Act of 1976.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rattliff-Ward Textbook Act of 1976 )〕 ==Early years and family== Rattliff was one of five sons and two daughters born to James W. Rattliff (1904–1987), a tenant farmer, and the former Estell Dobson (1907–1984), a couple from Green County in south central Kentucky.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 Ratliff's living siblings are Doris Rodgers of Campbellsville and J. W. Rattliff of Greensburg. His deceased siblings were Willya Rattliff Cox (1936–2004) of Greensburg,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Willya Rattliff Cox Obituary )〕 Emmett Wesley Rattliff (1924–1983) of Campbellsville, Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Rattliff (died 1990) of Greensburg,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emmett Wesley Rattliff obituary )〕 and Vernon Rattliff of Lexington, Kentucky.〔 Rattliff did not complete high school but procured a General Education Diploma. He served in the United States Army during World War II, having been based from 1945–1947, primarily in the Philippine Islands. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He left the military at the rank of staff sergeant.〔 Rattliff and former Campbellsville Mayor Robert L. Miller were among sixteen World War II veterans included in the 2009 book ''They Were Soldiers, the Stories of Those from Taylor County who Served during World War II'', published by the Campbellsville University journalism department.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Autograph party, CU, July 4, 2009, for book on Taylor County soldiers )〕 In 1951, Rattliff married the former Jewell Merritt (born February 1, 1932), a Campbellsville native who had lived for a time in Cincinnati, Ohio. The couple had two children, David Brian Rattliff (born 1957), an attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, where he resides with his wife, Beth, and Kristi Lynn Hickerson (born 1960) of Campbellsville, and a grandchild, Cameron David Rattliff and wife Natalie, also of Louisville.〔 Rattliff and a partner, Raymond Burress, opened Supertone Studios in downtown Campbellsville in 1949. The studio handled some of the photographic contracts for numerous area school districts. It was sold and relocated in 1990.〔 From 1974-2004, Rattliff also raised Charolais cattle outside Campbellsville in Taylor County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Herman Rattliff )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herman Rattliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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