Individual Details
Melvin 'Frank' PRATER
(Jun 1896 - 26 May 1938)
Events
| Birth | Jun 1896 | Ala |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Ridge, Lamar Co., Ala | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Ridge, Lamar Co., Ala | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Dec 1916 | Lamar Co., Ala - Lela Frances ROBERTSON | | ||
| Caste | 1920 | Ridge, Lamar Co., Ala | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Ridge, Lamar Co., Ala - Lela Frances ROBERTSON | | ||
| Death | 26 May 1938 | | |||
| Burial | Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hightogy, Lamar Co., Ala |  |
Families
| Spouse | Lela Frances ROBERTSON (1900 - 1989) |
| Child | dau PRATER (1918 - 1918) |
| Child | son PRATER (1920 - 1920) |
| Child | Walter 'Miles' PRATER (1921 - 2005) |
| Child | Morris Bart PRATER (1923 - 1993) |
| Child | Breylon Lafay PRATER (1925 - 2017) |
| Child | Melvin Thedus "Thede" PRATER (1928 - 1992) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Walter Houston PRATER (1869 - 1914) |
| Mother | Nancy Isbel JOHNSON (1874 - 1964) |
| Sibling | James Emit PRATER Sr. (1895 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Ora Lillian PRATER (1898 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Lanzo PRATER (1901 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Lena PRATER (1905 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Lois PRATER (1908 - 1910) |
Notes
Birth
From 1900 Census; gravestone shows just 1896.Census
Age 4, shown as "Melvin F."Census
Age 14, shown as "Frank".Marriage
From: Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 (Ancestry.com).Caste
Frank Prater 24Lela Prater 20
Census (family)
Melvin F Prater 34Lela F Prater 29
Miles W Prater 8
Morris B Prater 6
Breylon L Prater 4-8/12
Melvin T Prater 1-2/12
Death
From gravestone; headstone application.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSiman=1&GScid=1988635&GRid=80723552&.