Individual Details
Homer Lee PRATER
(27 Sep 1920 - 15 Mar 2009)
Events
| Birth | 27 Sep 1920 | Pierce, McIntosh Co., OK |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Simpson, McIntosh Co., OK | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Simpson, McIntosh Co., OK | | ||
| Military | 1942 - 1945 | Sgt., U.S. Army - WWII | | ||
| Military | 21 Oct 1942 | enlisted in the Army Air Force - Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK | |||
| Marriage | 1 Nov 1947 | Okmulgee Co., OK - Betty ETCHISON | |||
| Living | 1968 | Checotah, McIntosh Co., OK | |||
| Death | 15 Mar 2009 | Checotah, McIntosh Co., OK | | ||
| Burial | 18 Mar 2009 | Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, McIntosh Co., OK |  | ||
| Obituary | 18 Mar 2009 | Phoenix - Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK | |
Families
| Spouse | Betty ETCHISON (1931 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Bunyon B. "Bee" PRATER (1890 - 1968) |
| Mother | Sulia "Sulie" SHEPHERD (1892 - 1954) |
| Sibling | John "Johnie" PRATER (1912 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Ella May PRATER (1914 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Ernest B. PRATER (1918 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Jack PRATER (1923 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Oleta PRATER (1924 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Jimmie Lee PRATER (1926 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Roy 'Gene' PRATER (1928 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Donal Ray PRATER (1933 - 2019) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone; SSDI.Census
Age 9Census
Age 19, living with parents.Military
He served during the Ardennes, Rhineland, and the Central Europe Campaign, receiving the American Theater Service Medal, European-African Middle Eastern Services Medal, 3 Bronze Battle Stars, Air Medal Go #113 and the Victory Medal. He received an Honorable Discharge on Saturday, November 17, 1945 in Sheppard, Texas.Death
From gravestone; SSDI.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34890333.
2. This obituary is undated and unattributed., http://garrettfamilyfuneralhome.com/Garrett/Homer_Prater.html.