Individual Details

Oral N. PRATER

(10 Mar 1918 - 16 Sep 1995)

Events

Birth10 Mar 1918Morgan Co., KY
Census1920Adele, Morgan Co., KY
Census1930Morgan Co., KY
Census1940Morgan Co., KY
Military16 Jun 1941U.S. Army - Ft. Thomas, Newport, Campbell Co., KY
Military16 Jun 1941 - 20 Sep 1945U.S. Army - WWII
MarriageBef 1951Ruby Gail BREWER
Living1995Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH
Death16 Sep 1995Urbana, Champaign Co., OH
BurialWoodhill Cemetery, Franklin, Warren Co., OH

Families

SpouseRuby Gail BREWER (1924 - 2001)
ChildDallas PRATER (1951 - 2016)
ChildOral "JR" PRATER Jr. (1952 - 2020)
ChildDon PRATER ( - 2016)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJohn 'Reese' PRATER (1889 - 1929)
MotherEdna Lee BAILEY (1893 - 1964)
SiblingOsa PRATER (1910 - 1974)
SiblingDelmar PRATER (1912 - 1935)
SiblingNola PRATER (1915 - 1917)
SiblingIshmel PRATER (1921 - 1989)
SiblingWilliam Field "Bill/Willie" PRATER (1923 - 1998)
SiblingHarold PRATER (1926 - 2004)
SiblingJohn 'Reese' "Junior/Russ" PRATER (1928 - 1995)

Notes

Birth

From: Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry.com); United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (FamilySearch); enlistment record; gravestone shows just 1918.

Census

Age 1-10/12

Census

Age 13

Census

Age 22, living with mother.

Military

From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com).

Military

From: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com)

Marriage

She m1 bef 1941 Kiser Stacy.

Living

From brother Reece's obituary.

Death

From: Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 (Ancestry.com); enlistment record; gravestone shows just 1995.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=176950224.