Individual Details
Elster Boone "Earl" PRATER Sr.
(4 Feb 1907 - 27 May 1975)
There were two contemporary Elster Praters born 1906/1907 in Pike Co., KY and many genealogists have gotten them confused. They were in fact 1st cousins once removed, one being the son of John Prater and Ruth Estep, and the other the son of James Louis Prater.
Events
| Birth | 4 Feb 1907 | McDowell Co., WV |  | ||
| Census | 1910 | Freeburn, Pike Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Blackberry, Pike Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Apr 1927 | McDowell Co., WV - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Knox, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Living | 1935 | Keirie, Buchanan Co., VA | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Pike Co., KY - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Divorce | 21 Oct 1966 | Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Living | 1973 | Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA | |||
| Marriage License | 15 May 1973 | Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Marriage | 15 May 1973 | Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT | | ||
| Death | 27 May 1975 | of cerebral - at home, Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA | | ||
| Obituary | Ca 27 May 1975 | undated & unattested | | ||
| Burial | 28 May 1975 | Estep Cemetery, Swan Fork, Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA | |  | |
| Alt name | Elster Boone "Earl" ESTEP | |
Families
| Spouse | Stella Jane PRUITT (1910 - 2002) |
| Child | Bertha PRATER (1927 - 2006) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Nellie Jean PRATER (1929 - 1999) |
| Child | Wayne PRATER (1931 - 2017) |
| Child | Berlyn 'Elster' PRATER Jr (1934 - 1988) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | George Washington PRATER (1944 - 2006) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Douglas MacArthur PRATER (1948 - 1976) |
| Child | Naomi Lois PRATER (1949 - 1949) |
| Child | Gerturde PRATER ( - 2006) |
| Father | James Louis PRATER (1882 - 1938) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann ASHBURY (1883 - 1941) |
| Sibling | William "Willie/Bill" PRATER (1902 - 1947) |
| Sibling | James Calvin "Calve" PRATER (1904 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Shirley PRATER (1905 - 1937) |
Notes
Birth
From: death certificate; marriage record; divorce record; SSDI.Census
Age 4Census
Age 14Marriage
From: West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970 (FamilySearch); divorce record). 8 children They were 1st cousins, once removed.Census (family)
Elbley Prater 22Stella Prater 18
Bertha Prater 2
Nellie Prater 0
Living
From 1940 Census.Census (family)
Elster Prater 32Stella Prater 29
Bertha Prater 12
Nellie Prater 10
Wayne Prater 8
Elster Prater 5
Daniel Prater 3
Ernest Prater 12
Divorce
From: Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014 (Ancestry.com); Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 (FamilySearch)..Marriage License
From marriage record.Marriage
From VA Marriage Return #73-017467. The marriage record indicates he was widowed, and this was his third marriage.Death
From: Virginia Death Certificate #75-016118; SSDI has just May 1975.Obituary
Part of the Find-A-Grave listing.Burial
From obituary.Alt name
In James Louis Prater's Find-A-Grave listing, he is shown as a stepson.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31602765.