Individual Details
C. Edward "Ed/CE" PRATER
(23 May 1927 - 26 Dec 2018)
Events
| Birth | 23 May 1927 | Newberry Co., SC |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Hunter, Laurens Co., SC | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC | | ||
| Military | 1943 - 1945 | U.S.. Navy - WWII | | ||
| Marriage | Calc 1950 | Living | | ||
| Living | 1956 | Florence, Florence Co., SC | | ||
| Living | 1973 | Columbia, Richland Co., SC | | ||
| Living | 2018 | Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC | | ||
| Death | 26 Dec 2018 | | |||
| Obituary | Ca 27 Dec 2018 | memorial from Milton Shealy Funeral Home | |||
| Burial | 2 Jan 2019 | Ridgecrest Memorial Park, Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Sumter Otis "Buck" PRATER (1897 - 1973) |
| Mother | Luella KOON (1906 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Barbara Ann PRATER (1937 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Meriel Margaret PRATER (1940 - 2022) |
Notes
Birth
From obituary; Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (FamilySearch) shows 23 May 1926 instead.Census
Age 2Census
Age 12Military
A proud Navy man, Ed volunteered for service in 1943 at the age of 16 and served in the Pacific, arriving in Nagasaki 8 days after the atomic bomb. -- from obituaryMarriage
Calculated from husband's obituary -- married 69 years.Living
From mother's obituary.Living
From father's obituary.Living
From obituary.Death
From obituary.Burial
From obituary.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195640670/ed-prater#source.