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Otis Leon Prather 1919–1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 December 1919

Birth Location: Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 2 January 1988

Death Location: Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America

Father: James Prather

Mother: Mary Gillis

Spouse(s): Winnie Hartley, Erma Bedgood

Children(s): Sheryl Prather

Otis Leon Prather was born in 1919 in Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of James Earnest Prather And Mary Belle Gillis. Otis Leon Prather married Erma Lois Bedgood, Winnie Lee Hartley, and had children including Robert Stanley Prather, Sheryl Ann Prather. Otis Leon Prather passed away in 1988 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Otis Leon Prather was born in 1919 in Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of James Earnest Prather And Mary Belle Gillis.
  • Otis Leon Prather married Erma Lois Bedgood, Winnie Lee Hartley, and had children including Robert Stanley Prather, Sheryl Ann Prather.
  • Otis Leon Prather passed away in 1988 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America.

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Otis Prather's Ancestors

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Otis Prather
1919–1988
Birth Place: Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
James Earnest Prather
1887–1968
Georgia
Mary (Belle) Gillis
1888–1929
Georgia
Grandparents
George (William) Prather
1866–1937
Fork, Hall, Georgia, United States
Allie Ruark
1872–1912
Georgia
Great-Grandparents
William Prather
1815–1877
Elizabeth Wilson
1826–1909
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Prather
1794–1877
Mary Boyd
1797–1877

Otis Prather's Descendants

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Otis (Leon) Prather (25 December 1919–2 January 1988) m. Winnie (Lee) Hartley (25 August 1923–6 June 2002) m. Erma (Lois) Bedgood (31 December 1915–15 July 1979)
  1. 1. Sheryl (Ann) Prather 1947–2009

Otis Prather's Timeline

2 Records

1919
25 December 1919
Birth of Otis Leon Prather in Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America
Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America
1988
2 January 1988
Age 69
Death of Otis Leon Prather in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 December 1919
    Event Place: Soperton, Treutlen County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 January 1988
    Event Place: Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tyler, Smith County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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