Bratcher attains Eagle status

Local Boy Scout Robert Bratcher has joined Boy Scouting’s elite as he was recently awarded scouting’s highest honor, the rank of Eagle.

A member of Boy Scout Troop 631, he joined the organization at age 15 and quickly completed all requirements for his Eagle badge. Among these requirements are living by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law, earning a minimum of 21 merit badges, as well as to plan, develop and give leadership to others in a service project.

Bratcher’s Eagle project involved making preparations for the proposed Barren Fork Greenway project. In addition to clearing a section of the proposed greenway behind Cope Street, he performed a survey of the greenway and plotted a center line survey to present to the city of McMinnville.

Currently a freshman at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville majoring in pre-law, he is the son of Thomas and Peggy Bratcher.