Individual Details

Claude 'Homer' PRATER

(24 Dec 1897 - 17 Sep 1964)

Events

Birth24 Dec 1897TN
Census1900Cannon Co., TN
Emigration1905TN to TX
Census1910Iverson, Hill Co., TX
Census1920Center, Pratt Co., KS
Marriage4 Mar 1922Ralls, Cosby Co., TX - Lavena "Vena/Venie" HUFFMAN
Census (family)1930Young Co., TX - Lavena "Vena/Venie" HUFFMAN
Census (family)1940Loving, Young Co., TX - Lavena "Vena/Venie" HUFFMAN
Death17 Sep 1964Loving, Young Co., TX
BurialLoving Cemetery, Loving, Young Co., TX

Families

SpouseLavena "Vena/Venie" HUFFMAN (1907 - 1986)
ChildChester Homer "Ted" PRATER (1922 - 1990)
ChildRuth Marie PRATER (1924 - 2010)
ChildFrances Laura PRATER (1926 - 2012)
ChildCallie Lee PRATER (1928 - 1990)
ChildMildred 'Maxine' PRATER (1929 - 2014)
ChildLiving
ChildJacquiline "Jackie" PRATER (1934 - 2016)
ChildLiving
FatherBenjamin Franklin "Ben" PRATER (1868 - 1925)
MotherLaura Ann "Lory" EMERY (1865 - 1946)
SiblingEliza Bell "Lisa" PRATER (1886 - 1964)
SiblingOscar Harrison PRATER (1888 - 1960)
SiblingRichard 'Floyd' PRATER (1891 - 1954)
SiblingAda Della PRATER (1892 - 1970)
SiblingBessie L. PRATER (1894 - )
SiblingLettie Elizabeth "Lizzy" PRATER (1899 - )
SiblingJames Lee "Jimmy" PRATER (1905 - 1984)
SiblingOllie PRATER (1907 - 1910)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; 1917 Hill Co., TX WWI Draft Registration..

Census

Age 4

Census

Age 12, shown as "Hamer"

Census

Age 22, living with brother Floyd, shown as "Homer".

Marriage

From: Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (FamilySearch); wife's obituary.

Census (family)

Homer Prater Head Male 32 Tennessee
Venie Prater Wife Female 22 Arkansas
Chester Prater Son Male 7 Texas
Ruth Prater Daughter Female 6 Texas
Frances Prater Daughter Female 4 Texas
Callie Lee Prater Daughter Female 2 Texas
Maxine Prater Daughter Female 0 Texas
Laura Prater Mother Female 65 Tennessee

Census (family)

C Homer Prater Head Male 42 Tennessee
Vena Prater Wife Female 32 Arkansas
Chester A Prater Son Male 17 Texas
L Frances Prater Daughter Female 13 Texas
Callie L Prater Daughter Female 11 Texas
Maxine Prater Daughter Female 10 Texas
Nadine Prater Daughter Female 8 Texas
Jackquline Prater Daughter Female 6 Texas
Paul Dean Prater Son Male 3 Texas

Death

From gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53200942.