Individual Details

Vealdor T. PRATER

(12 Jul 1921 - 8 Mar 2016)

Spelling of given name from obituary.

Events

Birth12 Jul 1921Ft. Payne, DeKalb Co., Ala
Census1930Adamsburg, DeKalb Co., Ala
Living1942DeKalb Co., Ala
Military6 Oct 1942enlisted in U.S. Army - Ft. McClelland, Ala
Marriage17 Nov 1946DeKalb Co., Ala - Dorothy BAILEY
Living2016McDonald, Bradley Co., TN
Death8 Mar 2016Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN
Obituary11 Mar 2016Times-Journal - Ft. Payne, DeKalb Co., Ala
Burial12 Mar 2016Walkers Chapel Cemetery, Dogtown, DeKalb Co., Ala

Families

SpouseDorothy BAILEY (1924 - 2000)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherJesse John "Jessie" PRATER (1894 - 1969)
MotherEdna Odessa FOY (1899 - 1993)
SiblingLewis Calvin PRATER (1923 - 2001)
SiblingLiving
SiblingMelba Vaudine PRATER (1929 - 1998)
SiblingJesse Ozell PRATER (1932 - 1977)
SiblingTalmadge R. PRATER (1935 - 2015)
SiblingElna Fay PRATER (1938 - 2009)
SiblingLiving
SiblingThomas Andrew "TA" PRATER (1944 - 1945)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; obituary; U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Ancestry.com).

Census

Age 8, shown as "Valdo".

Living

From enlistment record.

Military

From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com).

Marriage

From: shared gravestone; Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 (Ancestry.com) shows just Nov 1946

Death

From obituary; gravestone.

Burial

From obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160914491.