Individual Details

Peter Galbraith "Pete" PRATER

(20 Feb 1920 - 20 Jul 2012)

Events

Birth20 Feb 1920Millport, Lamar Co., Ala
Census1930Millport, Lamar Co., Ala
Living1935Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala
Census1940Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala
MilitaryCa 1945U.S. Army Air Force - WWII
MarriageCalc 1946Dorothy WOOD
Death20 Jul 2012
Obituary29 Jul 2012Tennessean - Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Burial4 Aug 2012Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
DegreeBS in Chemical Engineering - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala

Families

SpouseDorothy WOOD (1922 - 2008)
ChildLiving
FatherHobson PRATER (1900 - 1934)
MotherLouelyn "Dot" GUNTER (1901 - 1977)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From obituary.

Census

Age 10

Living

Living in same household as 1940.

Census

Age 20, living with mother in household of step grandmother Mary J. McAdams.

Military

He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a weapons engineer and test pilot during World War II, conducting altitude, range, and physical conditioning experiments, including a short-lived altitude record for a B-29 bomber flight in the 1940's. -- obituary

Marriage

Calculated from his obituary -- married 66 years.

Death

From obituary.

Burial

From obituary.