Individual Details

Alpha "Alfie" PRATER

(2 Jun 1905 - 29 Sep 1974)

Events

Birth2 Jun 1905DeFuniak Springs, Walton Co., FL
Census1910Eucheeanna, Walton Co., FL
Census1920Florala, Covington Co., Ala
Marriage8 May 1927Walton Co., FL - Velma SMITH
Census (family)1930Ealum, Walton Co., FL - Velma SMITH
Divorce1942Polk Co., FL - Velma SMITH
Marriage28 Mar 1942Frostproof, Polk Co., FL - Vertie Vivian GRIFFIN
Military29 May 1942 - 21 Dec 1942enlisted in U.S. Army - Camp Blanding, Starke, Bradford Co., FL
Living1974Bushnell, Sumter Co., FL
Death29 Sep 1974Arcadia, DeSoto Co., FL
Alt nameAlton PRATER
BurialOak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia, DeSoto Co., FL

Families

SpouseVelma SMITH (1911 - 2003)
ChildJames Alvin PRATER (1928 - 1951)
ChildWilliam Henry "Red" PRATER (1932 - 2004)
SpouseVertie Vivian GRIFFIN (1917 - 1988)
ChildBetty Dale "Bettie" PRATER (1943 - 2010)
FatherHarvey C. PRATER (1873 - 1954)
MotherWealtha E. "Walsie" LAIRD (1875 - 1920)
SiblingElizabeth "Lizzie" PRATER (1903 - 1987)
SiblingLena Pearl PRATER (1909 - 1994)
SiblingLela PRATER (1911 - 2002)
SiblingRichard Cecil "Fred" PRATER Sr. (1913 - 1972)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; death record; gravestone shows 2 Jun 1903.

Census

Age 5, shown as "Alton".

Census

Age 13

Marriage

She m2 1947 Edmon S. Tatum; m3 1961 Paul Edward Davis.

Census (family)

Alpha Prater Head M 23 Florida
Velma Prater Wife F 18 Mississippi

Divorce

From: Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 (Ancestry.com)

Marriage

She m1 c.1937 Neil Harrison Goolsby.

Military

From death/enlistment records.

Death

From: gravestone; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com); Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (FamilySearch).

Alt name

From 1910 Census.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48858608.