Individual Details

Lesta Mae HARGIS

(25 Jul 1925 - 27 May 2014)

Events

Birth25 Jul 1925Terry Co., TX
Census1930Martha, Jackson Co., OK
Census1940Fannin Co., TX
Military23 Nov 1943enlisted in U.S. Women's Army Corps (WAC) - Dallas Co., TX
Marriage10 Oct 1946Anderson Co., TN - Howard Ray PRATER
Death27 May 2014Perry, Houston Co., GA
Obituary31 May 2014Telegraph - Macon, Bibb Co., GA
BurialLubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX

Families

SpouseHoward Ray PRATER (1925 - 2015)
ChildMichael Ray "Mike" PRATER (1948 - 1967)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJames HARGIS (1901 - 1940)
MotherCora HALEY (1905 - 1940)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; obituary; Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (FamilySearch); Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 [1931] (FamilySearch).

Census

Age 4

Census

Age 14. with parents, living with uncle Puck Harris.

Military

From: United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (FamilySearch).

Marriage

From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)

Death

From: gravestone; obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192835826/lesta-prater#source.