Individual Details

Rufus Hugh PRATHER

(4 Jan 1915 - 18 Jan 1995)

Events

Birth4 Jan 1915Hext, Beckham Co., OK
Census1920Delhi, Beckham Co., OK
Marriage19 Dec 1931Sayre, Beckham Co., OK - Jane 'Lee' LEEPER
Census (family)1940Delhi, Beckham Co., OK - Jane 'Lee' LEEPER
DivorceAft 1943Jane 'Lee' LEEPER
Marriage3 Jun 1946Dumas, Moore Co., TX - Madeline PIERCY
Death18 Jan 1995Sayre, Beckham Co., OK
BurialDelhi, Beckham Co., OK

Families

SpouseJane 'Lee' LEEPER (1909 - 1983)
ChildAlbert 'Boyd' PRATHER (1933 - 1998)
ChildVelma 'Louise' PRATHER (1935 - 1935)
ChildRufus Lee "RL" PRATHER (1936 - 2018)
ChildJoy 'Ann' PRATHER (1939 - 2018)
ChildGwendolyn 'Carol' PRATHER (1940 - 2005)
ChildNyla Faye PRATHER (1943 - 1997)
ChildLinda PRATHER ( - 2014)
ChildLiving
SpouseMadeline PIERCY (1922 - 2002)
ChildDonnie Hugh PRATHER (1952 - 2021)
ChildTommie Joe "TJ" PRATHER (1953 - 2014)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJames Hugh "Jim" PRATHER (1879 - 1953)
MotherSarah Jane "Sadie" LOWRANCE (1890 - 1975)
SiblingNina Lodema PRATHER (1913 - 1913)
SiblingRaymond Marcellus PRATHER (1916 - 1988)
SiblingWilma Mae PRATHER (1917 - 1943)
SiblingMelville PRATHER (1921 - 1991)
SiblingEdith Louise PRATHER (1923 - 2014)
SiblingJewell Dean PRATHER (1928 - 1928)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; SSDI; Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 (FamilySearch).

Census

Age 5

Marriage

She m2 -NN Bussey.

Census (family)

Rufus Prather 25
Lee Prather 26
Boyd Prather 7
R L Prather 3
Joyanne Prather 5/12

Marriage

From their joint gravestone.

They had four children.

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=16215815.