Individual Details

Russell Lee PRATER

(26 Jan 1918 - 6 Apr 2017)

Events

Birth26 Jan 1918Lewis Co., KY
Census1920Burtonville, Lewis Co., KY
Census1930Lewis Co., KY
MarriageCalc 1937Evelyn Nora MINEER
Census (family)1940Lewis Co., KY - Evelyn Nora MINEER
Military9 May 1945enlisted in U.S. Army - Huntington, Cabell Co., WV
Living2010Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
Living2017Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
Death6 Apr 2017Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
Obituary9 Apr 2017Herald - Russell Co., KY
Burial12 Apr 2017Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Kenwood, Hamilton Co., OH

Families

SpouseEvelyn Nora MINEER (1921 - 2020)
ChildBeulah 'Maxine' PRATER (1937 - 2017)
ChildDonald Ray "Don" PRATER (1947 - 2019)
ChildMaxine PRATER ( - 2020)
ChildLiving
FatherJohn Henry "Johnnie" PRATER (1886 - 1982)
MotherMaude M. MCELFRESH (1896 - 1974)
SiblingJames 'Willis' PRATER (1914 - 1992)
SiblingMary Blanche PRATER (1915 - 2013)
SiblingVernal 'Douglas' PRATER (1920 - 2011)
SiblingRobert Newell "Bob" PRATER (1922 - 1996)
SiblingOpal Irene PRATER (1924 - 2010)
SiblingWilliam Earl "Bill" PRATER (1926 - 2018)
SiblingHarry Nelson PRATER (1930 - 2016)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999 (FamilySearch); Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry.com); obituary.

Census

Age 1

Census

Age 12

Marriage

Calculated from husband's obituary -- married 80 years.

Census (family)

Russell Prater Head M 22 Kentucky
Evelyn Prater Wife F 19 Kentucky
Maxine Prater Son M 2 Kentucky

Military

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

Living

From sister Opal's obituary.

Living

From obituary.

Death

From: gravestone; obituary.

Burial

From obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178275215/russell-lee-prater#source.