Individual Details

Mr. Prather was very active in genealogical societies and authored two volumes of Prater/Prather family history and genealogy, Volume I, 1480-1670, Wiltshire, England – Volume II, 1620-1800 in America. He held memberships in the following genealogical societies: Pinckney District Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, charter member and first president, Daniel Morgan Chapter of Sons of American Revolution, Old Tryon District Society North Carolina, Wiltshire Family History Society, Wiltshire, England, Magna Charta Barons. -- From obituary.

Birth	6 Dec 1916	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
Census	1920	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
Census	1930	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
Census	1940	Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC
Marriage	16 Aug 1942	Ruth Montine WHITMIRE
Living	2007	Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC
Death	16 Apr 2015	Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC
Obituary	Ca 17 Apr 2015	memorial from Floyd Mortuary
Burial	21 Apr 2015	Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC

Spouse	Ruth Montine WHITMIRE (1914 - 2002)
Child	Living

Father	John William "Johnnie" PRATHER Sr. (1890 - 1979)
Mother	Essie Iola NANNEY (1892 - 1982)
Sibling	Virginia Carolyn PRATHER (1913 - 2007)
Sibling	Lt. Col. Hugh Charles PRATHER USA (Ret) (1918 - 2012)
Sibling	William 'Vernon' PRATHER (1921 - 2010)
Sibling	Essie 'Julia' PRATHER (1925 - 1991)

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