Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mary McCutchen Prater  February 15 1997
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The Ocilla Star  Feb 26,1997


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
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