Individual Details

Frank 'Watts' PRATHER

(19 Sep 1897 - 2 Nov 1985)

Events

Birth19 Sep 1897Mena, Polk Co., Ark
Living1917Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM
MilitaryCa 1918U.S. Army - WWI
MarriageBef 1927Elizabeth Mary IRONS
Census (family)1930Weld Co., CO - Elizabeth Mary IRONS
Living1935Santa Fe Co., NM
Census1940Cienega, Santa Fe Co., NM
Living1953Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM
Living1983Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM
Death2 Nov 1985
Obituary2 Nov 1985Current-Argus - Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM
Burial4 Nov 1985Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM

Families

SpouseElizabeth Mary IRONS (1907 - 1976)
ChildGeorge Edward PRATHER (1927 - 1983)
ChildFrank E. PRATHER (1931 - 2017)
FatherFrancis Cicero "Frank" PRATHER (1867 - 1940)
MotherBuena ERVIN (1867 - 1940)
SiblingH. Mary Elizabeth PRATHER (1915 - 2004)
SiblingThomas 'Ervin' PRATHER (1894 - 1985)
SiblingRobert Pemberton PRATHER (1895 - 1902)
SiblingRowena PRATHER (1901 - 1985)
SiblingJessie May PRATHER (1904 - 1993)
SiblingEuphemia "Euphie" PRATHER (1907 - 1985)
SiblingJohn Paul PRATHER (1911 - 1914)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From obituary; U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com); gravestone shows just 1897.

Living

From draft registration.

Census (family)

Watts Prather 32
Elizabeth Prather 23
George E Prather 2
Frank Prather 59

Living

From 1940 Census.

Census

Age 40, with family, living with parents.

Living

From grandson Wayne Prather's obituary.

Living

From son George's obituary.

Death

Gravestone shows just 1985.

Burial

From obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69765646.