Mary Prater
The funeral service for Mary Pressley Prater of Ocilla, who died
February 15, 1997 at Irwin County Hospital, was held Thursday,February
20 at Mt. Olive A M E Church in Ocilla. She was 94.
Rev. George Vereen officiated at the 1:00 p.m. service with interment
in Ocilla Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Nathaniel McClain, Michael Poole, David Prater, Jr.,
Gerald Prater, Anthony Prater and Timothy Prater.
The deceased was born in South Carolina, Williamsburg
county, on June 6,1902 to Mango Pressley and Lula Pressley McCutchen.
The widow of Dane Prater, Sr., who resided in Irwin county for 60 years.
Mrs.Prater retired as a school lunchroom worker in 1970 and was a member
of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, also the Home Protection Lodge, the Willing
Workers Union and the Ocilla Neighborhood Center.
She is survived by eight children: James T. Prater, Jannie Poole,
Bertha McMath, Evelyn Maxwell, Lillie Demps, Helen Deberry, Robert
Prater and Sammie Lee Prater, all of Miami,FL; three sisters: Ethel
Prater of Ocilla, Alice Garcia of Ft. Pierce,FL and Susie Williams of Ft.Pierce;
33 grandchildren, 62 great granchildren and 30 great-great grandchildren.
Davis Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
The funeral service for Mary Pressley Prater of Ocilla, who died
February 15, 1997 at Irwin County Hospital, was held Thursday,February
20 at Mt. Olive A M E Church in Ocilla. She was 94.
Rev. George Vereen officiated at the 1:00 p.m. service with interment
in Ocilla Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Nathaniel McClain, Michael Poole, David Prater, Jr.,
Gerald Prater, Anthony Prater and Timothy Prater.
The deceased was born in South Carolina, Williamsburg
county, on June 6,1902 to Mango Pressley and Lula Pressley McCutchen.
The widow of Dane Prater, Sr., who resided in Irwin county for 60 years.
Mrs.Prater retired as a school lunchroom worker in 1970 and was a member
of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, also the Home Protection Lodge, the Willing
Workers Union and the Ocilla Neighborhood Center.
She is survived by eight children: James T. Prater, Jannie Poole,
Bertha McMath, Evelyn Maxwell, Lillie Demps, Helen Deberry, Robert
Prater and Sammie Lee Prater, all of Miami,FL; three sisters: Ethel
Prater of Ocilla, Alice Garcia of Ft. Pierce,FL and Susie Williams of Ft.Pierce;
33 grandchildren, 62 great granchildren and 30 great-great grandchildren.
Davis Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mary Prater
The funeral service for Mary Pressley Prater of Ocilla, who died
February 15, 1997 at Irwin County Hospital, was held Thursday,February
20 at Mt. Olive A M E Church in Ocilla. She was 94.
Rev. George Vereen officiated at the 1:00 p.m. service with interment
in Ocilla Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Nathaniel McClain, Michael Poole, David Prater, Jr.,
Gerald Prater, Anthony Prater and Timothy Prater.
The deceased was born in South Carolina, Williamsburg
county, on June 6,1902 to Mango Pressley and Lula Pressley McCutchen.
The widow of Dane Prater, Sr., who resided in Irwin county for 60 years.
Mrs.Prater retired as a school lunchroom worker in 1970 and was a member
of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, also the Home Protection Lodge, the Willing
Workers Union and the Ocilla Neighborhood Center.
She is survived by eight children: James T. Prater, Jannie Poole,
Bertha McMath, Evelyn Maxwell, Lillie Demps, Helen Deberry, Robert
Prater and Sammie Lee Prater, all of Miami,FL; three sisters: Ethel
Prater of Ocilla, Alice Garcia of Ft. Pierce,FL and Susie Williams of Ft.Pierce;
33 grandchildren, 62 great granchildren and 30 great-great grandchildren.
Davis Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
The funeral service for Mary Pressley Prater of Ocilla, who died
February 15, 1997 at Irwin County Hospital, was held Thursday,February
20 at Mt. Olive A M E Church in Ocilla. She was 94.
Rev. George Vereen officiated at the 1:00 p.m. service with interment
in Ocilla Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Nathaniel McClain, Michael Poole, David Prater, Jr.,
Gerald Prater, Anthony Prater and Timothy Prater.
The deceased was born in South Carolina, Williamsburg
county, on June 6,1902 to Mango Pressley and Lula Pressley McCutchen.
The widow of Dane Prater, Sr., who resided in Irwin county for 60 years.
Mrs.Prater retired as a school lunchroom worker in 1970 and was a member
of Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, also the Home Protection Lodge, the Willing
Workers Union and the Ocilla Neighborhood Center.
She is survived by eight children: James T. Prater, Jannie Poole,
Bertha McMath, Evelyn Maxwell, Lillie Demps, Helen Deberry, Robert
Prater and Sammie Lee Prater, all of Miami,FL; three sisters: Ethel
Prater of Ocilla, Alice Garcia of Ft. Pierce,FL and Susie Williams of Ft.Pierce;
33 grandchildren, 62 great granchildren and 30 great-great grandchildren.
Davis Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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