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Otis Leon Prather 1919–1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1919

Birth Location: Soperton, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 02 Jan 1988

Death Location: Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA

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Mother: Mary Gillis

Spouse(s): Winnie Hartley

Children(s): Sheryl Prather

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

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Biography

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

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Spouses(s)

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Otis Prather's Ancestors

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Otis Prather
1919–1988
Birth Place: Soperton, Georgia, USA
Parents
Mary (Belle) Gillis
1888–1929
Grandparents
Malinda Wing
1854–
, , South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Wing
1820–1899
Mary Gurley
1830–1896
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wing
1780–1848
Mary Tullis
1807–1877
John Gurley
1783–1862
Mary Gaddis
1798–1850

Otis Prather's Descendants

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Otis (Leon) Prather (25 Dec 1919–02 Jan 1988) m. Winnie (Lee) Hartley (25 Aug 1923–6 Jun 2002)
  1. 1. Sheryl (Ann) Prather 1947–2009

Otis Prather's Timeline

2 Records

1919
25 Dec 1919
Birth of Otis Leon Prather in Soperton, Georgia, USA
Soperton, Georgia, USA
1988
02 Jan 1988
Age 69
Death of Otis Leon Prather in Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA
Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1919
    Event Place: Soperton, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Jan 1988
    Event Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA

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