Individual Details

Eckie Alexander PRATER Sr.

(16 Feb 1916 - 26 Nov 1987)

Some online genealogies show him as the son of Robert Prater and Ellen Louise Noel, who I have as his grandparents.

Events

Birth16 Feb 1916Coalgate, Coal Co., OK
Census1930Hobart, Kiowa Co., OK
Military16 Jan 1941enlisted in WWII - Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX
Marriage18 Dec 1941Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK - Peggy Jean McKENNEY
Death26 Nov 1987Edmond, Oklahoma Co., OK
BurialGracelawn Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma Co., OK

Families

SpousePeggy Jean McKENNEY (1925 - 2010)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherRobert Rumney PRATER (1875 - 1927)
MotherEllen Louise NOEL (1888 - 1963)
SiblingLona Marie PRATER (1908 - 1982)
SiblingSuzanna "Sue" PRATER (1910 - 1982)
SiblingRobert Henry PRATER (1912 - 1915)
SiblingZola PRATER (1918 - 1999)
SiblingJames Bert "Jimmy" PRATER (1921 - 1999)
SiblingDolly Grace PRATER (1922 - 2000)

Notes

Birth

SSDI; enlistment document indicates he was born in 1919.

Census

Age 13

Military

From: U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com).

Marriage

From: Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 (Ancestry.com).

Death

SSDI