Individual Details
Jess Worden "Ward" PRATER
(16 Feb 1925 - 12 Feb 2013)
Events
| Birth | 16 Feb 1925 | Eagletown, McCurtain Co., OK |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Frisco, McCurtain Co., OK | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Frisco, McCurtain Co., OK | | ||
| Military | Ca 1945 | U.S. Marines - WWI | | ||
| Marriage | 21 May 1948 | Living | | ||
| Living | 1951 - 2013 | Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK | | ||
| Death | 12 Feb 2013 | Norman, Cleveland Co., OK | | ||
| Obituary | Ca 13 Feb 2013 | undated & unattested | | ||
| Burial | 16 Feb 2013 | Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK | |  | |
| Alt name | Warden PRATER | | |||
| Occupation | watchmaker and gunsmith - Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George Francis PRATER (1890 - 1964) |
| Mother | Jimmie Belle SMITH (1906 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Willie Louise PRATER (1924 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Aubrey Allen PRATER (1928 - 2007) |
| Sibling | James Anderson "Jimmy" PRATER Sr. (1935 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
From obituary.Census
Age 5-1/12, shown as "Jess W."Census
Age 15, shown as "Warden".Military
He served in Saipan.Marriage
From his obituary.Living
From obituary.Death
From obituary.Obituary
Obituary is included in the Find-A-Grave listing; probably a mmorial from the Criswell Funeral Home.Burial
From obituary.Alt name
From 1940 Census.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105181146.