Individual Details

Elmer PRATER

(26 Nov 1927 - 22 Feb 1981)

Events

Birth26 Nov 1927Balkan, Bell Co., KY
Census1930Harlan Co., KY
Census1940Bell Co., KY
Marriage8 May 1948Middlesboro, Bell Co., KY - Frances MCDONALD
Census (family)1950Pruden, Bell Co., KY - Frances MCDONALD
Death22 Feb 1981
BurialBishopville Cemetery, Heiskell, Knox Co., TN

Families

SpouseFrances MCDONALD (1931 - 2020)
ChildMichael Wayne PRATER (1949 - 2023)
ChildLiving
ChildLisa M. PRATER (1967 - 1967)
FatherRoscoe Truman "Ross" PRATER (1901 - 1962)
MotherRosa Lee "Rosie" BROWN (1905 - 1976)
SiblingJosephine PRATER (1925 - 1999)
SiblingJames Garfield "Jim" PRATER (1926 - 2022)
SiblingEdward Everett "Boss" PRATER (1929 - 1930)
SiblingJack N. PRATER (1930 - 1993)
SiblingHerbert "Herb" PRATER (1932 - 2007)
SiblingImogene "Jean" PRATER (1935 - 2012)
SiblingLiving
SiblingLiving
SiblingLiving
SiblingArnold 'Ray' PRATER (1944 - 2010)
SiblingDelano PRATER twin ( - 2012)
SiblingFranklin PRATER twin ( - 2012)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry.com); Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999 (FamilySearch); SSDI; Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 (FamilySearch).

Census

Age 2

Census

Age 12

Marriage

From: Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 (FamilySearch). She m2 1984 James Allen McKinney.

Census (family)

Elmer Prater Head M 22 years Kentucky
Frances E Prater F 18 years Tennessee
Michael W Prater M Tennessee

Death

From gravestone; SSDI shows just Feb 1981.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, findagrave.com/memorial/12715895/elmer-prater#source.