Prather, Opal E. - Calcasieu Parish Louisiana Archives Obituaries..... File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancie Whitfield Dubard duwhit@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Lake Charles America Press Paper Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1991; Pg 2 Obituary: Mrs. Opal Esther Prather MRS. OPAL E. PRATHER Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Esther Prather, 79, will be at 1:30 p.m. today, Sept. 4, in Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. Ray Bourque will officiate. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. today. Mrs. Prather died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1991 in a local hospital. A native of Oakdale, she had lived in Lake Charles since 1947 and was a member of First Baptist Church in Moss Bluff. Survivors are four daughters, Connie Carpenter and Sherry Williams, both of Moss Bluff, and Billie Smith and Joan Thompson, both of Westlake; two sons, the Rev. Joe Prather of Prairieville and John Herbert Prather of Lake Charles; one brother, Wallace Creel of Oakdale; 19 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.