Individual Details

A researcher has him as the son of Lewis/Louis Prater (1867-1957) & Haney "Honey" Messer (1877-1959). It would fit the chronology of the individual I show as "Living", but there is insufficient support for this at this point. I have no son Roy for Lewis (1867).

Birth	25 May 1916	WV
Census	1920	Little Creek, Pike Co., KY
Census	1930	Floyd Co., KY
Marriage	Bef 1937	Mary Lou DILLON
Census (family)	1940	Sandy River, McDowell Co., WV - Mary Lou DILLON
Living	1963	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH
Living	1965	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH
Death	30 May 1988	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH
Occupation		coal miner -- mining maching operator
Burial		Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill, Logan Co., WV

Spouse	Mary Lou DILLON (1920 - 1998)
Child	Herbert PRATER (1937 - 2012)
Child	Wava PRATER (1939 - 2012)
Child	Ruby Geraldine PRATER (1941 - 2007)
Child	Donald Gene "Don" PRATER (1942 - 2018)
Child	Pantney Omer "Pat" PRATER (1944 - 2015)
Child	Mattie 'Coleen' PRATER (1945 - 2008)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	William S. PRATER (1953 - 1975)
Child	Tommy R. PRATER (1956 - 1996)

Father	Lewis PRATER (1866 - 1957)
Mother	Haney "Honey" MESSER (1877 - 1963)
Sibling	Belle PRATER (1895 - 1917)
Sibling	Thomas PRATER (1897 - 1911)
Sibling	Lizzie PRATER (1899 - 1963)
Sibling	Lula PRATER (1901 - 1969)
Sibling	Polly PRATER (1903 - 1965)
Sibling	Shirley PRATER (1905 - 1937)
Sibling	Nola PRATER (1907 - 1989)
Sibling	Dolly PRATER (1909 - 1965)
Sibling	Charles B. "Charley" PRATER (1912 - 1997)
Sibling	Roxie Lee PRATER (1913 - 1985)
Sibling	Lois PRATER (1922 - 1922)

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