Individual Details
John 'Wesley' PRATER
(3 Jan 1912 - 12 Jan 1959)
Events
| Birth | 3 Jan 1912 | Wayne Co., TN |  | ||
| Census | 1920 | Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1940 | Alice Jane GRAHAM | |||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Wayne Co., TN - Alice Jane GRAHAM | | ||
| Military | 18 Mar 1944 | enlisted in the U.S. Army - Camp Shelby, MS | | ||
| Military | Ca 1945 | U.S. Army 748th Field Battery - WWII | |||
| Death | 12 Jan 1959 | Waynesboro, Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Burial | Praters Chapel (Old Warrington) Cemetery, Clifton, Wayne Co., TN |  |
Families
| Spouse | Alice Jane GRAHAM (1916 - 2003) |
| Child | Oda Mae PRATER (1940 - 2021) |
| Child | Boyce Edward "Hawk" PRATER (1942 - 2010) |
| Child | Leon PRATER (1943 - 1961) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Mary Ellen PRATER (1951 - 2010) |
| Child | Jane Evelyn PRATER (1955 - 1955) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John PRATER (1871 - 1930) |
| Mother | Priscilla Holland "Cilla" HALFORD (1871 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Oda Bell "Odie" PRATER (1901 - 1910) |
Notes
Birth
From; gravestone; cemetery records.Census
Age 9Census
Age 17, living with father in household of Jim Pitts?Census (family)
John W Prater Head Male 28 TennesseeAlice Prater Wife Female 24 Tennessee
Oda Mae Prater Daughter Female 0 Tennessee
Military
From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com)Death
From; gravestone; cemetery records; Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 (FamilySearch).Endnotes
1. USGENWEB Project, http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/clifton.htm#3.
2. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129297785/john-w.-prater.