Individual Details
Ralph Cornell "Snow" PRATER
(4 Aug 1918 - 22 Dec 1983)
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1918 | Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC |  | ||
| Census | 1920 | Chinquepin, Lexington Co., SC | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Hunter, Laurens Co., SC | | ||
| Military | 10 Feb 1941 - 26 Jun 1945 | Sgt., U.S. Army - WWII | | ||
| Living | 1969 | Joanna, Laurens Co., SC | | ||
| Death | 22 Dec 1983 | Joanna, Laurens Co., SC | | ||
| Burial | 23 Dec 1983 | Rosemont Cemetery, Clinton, Laurens Co., SC |  | ||
| Obituary | 23 Dec 1983 | State - Columbia, Richland Co., SC | |||
| Occupation | baseball player - Dodgers, Brooklyn, NYC, NY |
Families
| Father | Louie [Lewis] Edmund PRATER (1893 - 1969) |
| Mother | Lillie Mae RIKARD (1897 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Edmund Rudolph "Rudy" PRATER (1917 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Marie PRATER (1920 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Guy Landrum PRATER (1923 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Harold 'Hack' PRATER (1926 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Betty Jane PRATER (1930 - 2013) |
Notes
Birth
From: gravestone; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com); SSDI shows 4 Aug 1915, but this is probably wrong considering the marriage date of his parents; also, Find-A-Grave shows 4 Aug 1918.Census
Age 4Census
Age 11Military
From: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com).Living
From father's obituary, shown as "Snow".Death
From gravestone; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com).Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28380124.