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| occupation =Politician, banker
| religion =Methodist
| spouse =[[DeeDee Ritchie]]<br/>[[Debbie Ritchie]] (2000-present)
| parents =
| children =Donna, Alan, Scott & and Chris.
}}
'''Walter Jaycox "Buzz" Ritchie, Jr.''' (b. [[1947]]) is a former [[Florida House of Representatives District 3|District 3]] Representative of the Florida House who co-founded [[Gulf Coast Community Bank]] in [[2002]].
==Education & early career==
Ritchie was born on [[June 6]], [[1947]] in Bayshore, New York, and moved to Florida in 1956. He graduated Naples High School (Fl) in 1965. He attended the University of Florida, playing football and graduating with a B.S.B.A. in 1969 and a J.D. in 1972.
In the 1970s Ritchie served for 10 years as president of Southern American Mortgage Company. Then, in the mid-80s, he led a public stock offering as president of [[Southern Home Savings Bank]], which was soon sold to [[Great Western Bank]].<ref name="localbank">"Entrepreneurs creating local bank." ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 9, 2002.</ref>
