Individual Details

Rev. Melvin Sweatt PRATHER

(28 Jul 1923 - 24 Mar 2011)

Events

Birth28 Jul 1923Ellis, Ellis Co., TX
Census1930Ellis Co., TX
Census1940Ellis Co., TX
Military1943 - 1945U.S. Airforce on USS Monticello, WWII
MarriageBef 1943Lula Mae GREGORY
EducationAft 1945TCU Brite Divinity School
Death24 Mar 2011
Obituary27 Mar 2011Star-Telegram - Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
BurialRestland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

Families

SpouseLula Mae GREGORY (1926 - 1992)
ChildRonald Neil "Ronnie" PRATHER (1943 - 2019)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseLiving
FatherFelix Marion PRATHER (1882 - 1959)
MotherMinnie Myrtle FERGUSON (1887 - 1976)
SiblingViola G. PRATHER (1906 - 2000)
SiblingFrancis Marion PRATHER II (1914 - 1961)
SiblingRichard Hamilton PRATHER (1917 - 1997)
SiblingWilliam Donald "Billy" PRATHER (1920 - 1994)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From: grave plaque; obituary; Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch).

Census

Age 6

Census

Age 16

Death

From; grave plaque; obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100396581#source.