Individual Details

Wilgus Festus "Cotton" PRATER

(17 Nov 1930 - 1 Nov 1983)

Events

Birth17 Nov 1930Morgan Co., KY
Census1930Morgan Co., KY
Census1940Morgan Co., KY
Living1983Bedford, Monroe Co., MI
Death1 Nov 1983Bedford, Monroe Co., MI
Obituary3 Nov 1983Evening News - Monroe, Monroe Co., MI
BurialRoselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle, Monroe Co., MI

Families

SpouseLiving
ChildPerry Wilgus PRATER (1961 - 1961)
ChildDarryl Brian PRATER (1962 - 1979)
FatherRaleigh Orville "Rolla/Rolly/Rollie" PRATER (1893 - 1985)
MotherMarie Ellen "Mary" NICKELL (1894 - 1985)
SiblingChalmer Lee PRATER (1915 - 1995)
SiblingEdgar Andrew PRATER (1917 - 1993)
SiblingMexia "Mexie" PRATER (1918 - 2009)
SiblingMorton B. "Mort" PRATER (1920 - 2004)
SiblingJohn Henry PRATER (1922 - 1935)
SiblingWilson Davis PRATER (1924 - 2004)
SiblingVentice Preston PRATER (1926 - 2022)
SiblingWoodford Hurst PRATER (1928 - 2003)
SiblingIra Wendell PRATER (1932 - 1996)
SiblingVirginia 'Ailene' PRATER (1934 - 2021)
SiblingHubert Clay "HC" PRATER (1936 - 2022)
SiblingHerbert Ray PRATER (1938 - 2006)

Notes

Birth

From: grave plaque; Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry.com); Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
(Ancestry.com)

Census

Age 2/12

Census

Age 10

Living

From death record.

Death

From: grave plaque; Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 (Ancestry.com)

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136452711/wilgus-festus-prater#source.