CINTRON - Ricky Cintron, 37, passed away passed away Sunday evening, March 15, 2015 as a result of a vehicular accident in Yulee, FL.
He was born April 23, 1977 in the Panama Canal Zone and had been living for the past year in Key West, FL. Previously he made home in Kingsland, GA.
Ricky was a decorated U. S. Army veteran. He was medically retired after being wounded twice in Iraq. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Expert Combat Medic Field Badge among other medals. He was also a participant in the Wounded Warrier Project.
Ricky is survived by his four children, Peyton, Kaitlyn, Kylie and Victoria Cintron who all live in Texas; his parents, Jose and Ana Cintron of Kingsland, GA; a brother, Joe Cintron who lives in Texas and by his fiancee, Miranda Gray of Yulee, FL
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Thursday, March, 19 in the Stephens Chapel at Green Pine Funeral Home with Father Heriberto Vergara officiating. Interment will follow at Jacksonville National Cemetery with military honors. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.