Individual Details
Lewis Lafayette PRATER
(26 Mar 1926 - 18 Dec 1979)
Events
| Birth | 26 Mar 1926 | DeFuniak Springs, Walton Co., FL |  | ||
| Census | 1940 | Walton Co., FL | | ||
| Military | Ca 1945 | U.S. Army - WWII | |||
| Marriage | Apr 1952 | Joyce ARNOLD | | ||
| Divorce | Sep 1962 | Walton Co., FL - Joyce ARNOLD | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Sep 1976 | Polk Co., FL - Hazel SMITH | | ||
| Divorce | 26 May 1977 | Polk Co., FL - Hazel SMITH | |||
| Death | 18 Dec 1979 | of a heart attack while driving, hit a tree and was killed - Walton Co., FL | | ||
| Burial | Cluster Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Defuniak Springs, Walton Co., FL |  |
Families
| Spouse | Joyce ARNOLD (1935 - 2008) |
| Child | Donna Sue PRATER (1959 - 2015) |
| Spouse | Hazel SMITH (1932 - 1997) |
| Father | Clarence Lafayette "Fate" PRATER (1903 - 1958) |
| Mother | Sadie 'Lorena' POWELL (1909 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Alvin Eugene PRATER (1924 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Cecil Albert PRATER (1925 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Clarence Lafayette "Pete" PRATER Jr. (1929 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Lillian Lorena PRATER (1931 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Roy Alton PRATER (1932 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Waldo Amerson PRATER (1935 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Mavis Anne PRATER (1937 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Barbara 'Shirley' PRATER (1938 - 2007) |
| Sibling | L.S. PRATER (1940 - 2007) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone; U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Ancestry.com) shows instead 26 mar 1927..Census
Age 12, shown as "Louis".Marriage
She m2 Ernest Thomason; m3 1983 Earl Daniel Bell.Divorce
2 childrenMarriage
She m1 1949 B.S. Crumley; m3 -NN Hammac.Death
From gravestone.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27843225.