Individual Details

Robert Gene "Bobby" PRATER

(25 Feb 1928 - 9 Mar 2008)

Surname shown as "Prater" on gravestone.

Events

Birth25 Feb 1928Gale, Alexander Co., IL
Census1930Thebes, Alexander Co., IL
Census1940Thebes, Alexander Co., IL
Military1945 - 1948U.S. Army
Military15 Nov 1945enlisted in Field Artillery, U.S. Army - Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis Co., MO
Marriage29 Apr 1950Piggot, Clay Co., Ark - Barbara Aline SNELL
Death9 Mar 2008Alexander Co., IL
Obituary11 Mar 2008Southeast Missourian
Burial12 Mar 2008Rose Hill Cemetery, Thebes, Alexander Co., IL

Families

SpouseBarbara Aline SNELL (1931 - 2018)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLinda PRATER ( - )
FatherErnest Irvin PRATER (1890 - 1970)
MotherEliza JACKSON (1900 - 1973)
SiblingWilliam Calvin PRATER (1916 - 1952)
SiblingVirginia PRATER (1918 - 2008)
SiblingLesley Earl "Buss" PRATER (1919 - 2017)
SiblingWanda PRATER (1921 - 2008)
SiblingClaude Waverly PRATER (1922 - 1989)
SiblingPaul Ernest PRATER (1924 - 1970)
SiblingOsia 'Loren' PRATHER (1927 - 1977)
SiblingLiving
SiblingDanny D. "Jitter" PRATHER (1939 - 2009)
SiblingWayne PRATER (1940 - 2009)

Notes

Birth

From obituary; SSDI; gravestone.

Census

Age 1-1/2

Census

Age 11, shown as "Bobby".

Military

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

Marriage

From both husband and wife's obituaries.

Death

From obituary; SSDI; gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37762618.