Individual Details
Benjamin Quetman "Ben/Dixie" PRATER
(29 Aug 1885 - 25 Oct 1964)
Events
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Frances "Sallie" NABORS (1887 - 1972) |
| Child | Lt. Col. Guy Thomas PRATER (1912 - 1994) |
| Child | Ruby Vastie PRATER (1914 - 2005) |
| Child | Earnest Lee PRATER (1916 - 1990) |
| Child | Delores 'Irene' PRATER (1918 - 2011) |
| Child | James Cagney "Jimmy/JC" PRATER (1921 - 1998) |
| Child | Mary Gladys PRATER (1923 - 2014) |
| Child | Opal PRATER (1926 - 2019) |
| Child | Ollie 'Ralph' PRATER (1928 - 1983) |
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | James Capus "Cape" PRATER (1852 - 1928) |
| Mother | Margarett G. "Margie" MOONEY (1853 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Emma J. PRATER (1872 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Louis G. PRATER (1873 - 1880) |
| Sibling | James H. PRATER (1874 - 1920) |
| Sibling | John Peter PRATER (1877 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Hattie Ella PRATER (1883 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Bessie Coralee PRATER (1894 - 1973) |
Notes
Birth
From: SSDI; United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch).Census
Age 14Living
From draft registration.Census (family)
Ben Q Prater Head Male 44 AlabamaSally Prater Wife Female 42 Alabama
Guy Prater Son Male 17 Alabama
Ruby Prater Daughter Female 15 Alabama
Earnest L Prater Son Male 13 Alabama
Irene Prater Daughter Female 11 Alabama
John C Prater Son Male 8 Alabama
Mary G Prater Daughter Female 6 Alabama
Opal Prater Daughter Female 4-4/12 Alabama
Ralph Prater Son Male 2-1/12 Alabama
Census (family)
B A Prater Head Male 54 AlabamaSally Prater Wife Female Alabama
Ernest Prater Son Male 23 Alabama
J C Prater Son Male 18 Alabama
Mary Prater Daughter Female 16 Alabama
Opal Prater Daughter Female 14 Alabama
Ralph Prater Son Male 12 Alabama
Ruby Hall Daughter Female 25 Alabama
Myra Jo Hall Granddaughter Female 4 Alabama
Guy T Prater Nephew Male 27 Alabama [relationship?]
Living
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186990209/benjamin-quitman-praterDeath
From: Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974 (FamilySearch); Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 (Ancestry.com); obituary; SSDI shows just Oct 1964.Burial
From obituary.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186990209/benjamin-quitman-prater.

