Individual Details

Oceola "Ocie" BAYS

(12 May 1893 - 31 Mar 1976)

From son Edd's obituary; gravestone shows "Ossie".

Events

Birth12 May 1893Floyd Co., KY
Census1900Floyd Co., KY
Census1910Floyd Co., KY
MarriageCa 1911William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER
Census (family)1920Abbott, Floyd Co., KY - William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER
Census (family)1930Floyd Co., KY - William B. "WB/Bee" PRATER
Death31 Mar 1976Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY
Alt nameOssie BAYS
Alt nameOssie BAYSE
Alt nameOca SPARKS
BurialFitzpatrick Cemetery #3, Floyd Co., KY

Families

SpouseWilliam B. "WB/Bee" PRATER (1889 - 1963)
ChildBurley "Burl" PRATER (1912 - 1981)
ChildPearlie PRATER (1913 - 1995)
ChildVernie PRATER (1915 - 1995)
ChildRobie PRATER (1917 - 1917)
ChildErnest PRATER (1918 - 1999)
ChildCurney Carmie PRATER (1921 - 1970)
ChildLiving
ChildEdd "Eddie" PRATER (1926 - 2004)
ChildFleedie PRATER (1929 - 1978)
ChildJ.B. PRATER (1932 - 1982)
FatherWilliam Kendall "Wiley" BAYS (1865 - 1947)
MotherCaldonia "Callie" WADDLE (1867 - 1900)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; SSDI.

Census

Age 7

Census

Age 16, shown as "Ocie Boyd".

Marriage

She m2 NN Sparks.

Census (family)

Bee Prater 34
Osa Prater 26
Bearley Prater 7
Pearley Prater 6
Virna Prater 4
Earnest Prater 2

Census (family)

Bee W Prater Head M 48 Kentucky
Arie Prater Wife F 38 Kentucky
Berley Prater Son M 17 Kentucky
Pearly Prater Daughter F 16 Kentucky
Verney Prater Daughter F 15 Kentucky
Ernest Prater Son M 12Kentucky
Curny Prater Son M 10 Kentucky
Laney Prater Son M 7 Kentucky
Eddie Prater Son M 5 Kentucky
Fedora Prater Daughter F 0 Kentucky

Death

From gravestone; SSDI shows just Mar 1976.

Alt name

From her gravestone.

Alt name

From son Edd's birth certificate and her gravestone.

Alt name

From son Vernie's birth record.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76794314.