Individual Details
Ernest Lowell PRATER Sr.
(4 Jul 1910 - 16 May 1985)
Events
| Birth | 4 Jul 1910 | Pikeville, Pike Co., KY |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Wayland, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1931 | Effie GAYHART | |||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Middle Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY - Effie GAYHART | | ||
| Census (family) | 1950 | Pikeville, Pike Co., KY - Effie GAYHART | | ||
| Death | 16 May 1985 | | |||
| Burial | Ferndale Cemetery, Riverview, Wayne Co., MI |  | |||
| Obituary | undated & unattested |
Families
| Spouse | Effie GAYHART (1914 - 1992) |
| Child | Ernest Lowell "Dickie" PRATER (1931 - 2023) |
| Child | Patty Jean PRATER (1932 - 2020) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John PRATER (1883 - 1949) |
| Mother | Grace "Gracie" HOBSON (1896 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Virgil PRATER (1915 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Marie PRATER (1918 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Fannie Mae PRATER (1921 - 2012) |
| Sibling | John "Junior" PRATER Jr (1925 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Robert Victor PRATER (1927 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone.Census
Age 19Census (family)
Earnest Prater Head M 29 KentuckyPatty Jean Prater Daughter F 7 Kentucky
Effie Prater Wife F 26 Kentucky
Earnest Prater Son M 9 Kentucky
Billie Sharon Prater Daughter F 4 Kentucky
Dora Gayheart Sis-in-L F 19 Kentucky
Census (family)
Ernest Paten Head M 39 years KentuckyErnest L. Dickie Praten Son M 19 years New York
Billy B D Praten Daughter F 14 years New York
Effie Praten Wife F 36 years New York
Patty J Praten Daughter F 17 years Kentucky
Catherine Gayhart Mother-in-Law F 73 years New York
Death
From gravestone.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120509292/ernest-lowell-prater#source.