Billy Floyd Praytor

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Billy — Betty Marie Bloom. [Group Sheet]

1. Ronald Lee Praytor
2. Sandra Kay Praytor
3. Debra Lynn Praytor
4. Billy Floyd Praytor, II.
5. David Patrick Praytor

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Williams or Willie as he was called had to take the responsibility of helping
care of his family (mother,3 brothers, and sister) when his father died.
Willie was only a boy of 13 or 14 at the time. Sometime later his mother
remarried to a Mr. Jones. When Willie married his brothers Bertie and Alvie
lived with him while his other brother and sister stayed with their mother.
(Mr. Jones is buried near the Praytors at Orrs Chapel Cem. near Telephone,
Fannin Co., Tx.)
This is a story told by Betty Jo, one of his children:

We lived in Telephone, Tx. and all 8 children were born there.
When Billy and I were 4 yrs. old we moved to Oklahoma, near Boehler.
We crossed the Red River on the Ferry Boat run on a cable.
My dad didn't have much use for Indians, mon said thats the reason she wore
bonnets and bleach cream to keep her complexion light.
Dad served as a member of the Shool Board for serveral years at Atoka, Okla.
and was burned very badly in an accident.
One night he had just renewed a contract with a teacher when they heard that
Pearl Harbor had just been attacked. The teacher left and ran out of gas a
short distance from the house, he returned to get dad to take him to get gas.
Dad had just filled up his new truck and said he would take him back to his
car and they could just cypher some out. They used a kerosene lantern to see
while they were doing this and the gas exploded and burned Mr.Neil, the
teacher and dad very badly. Mr. Neil took pneumonia and died, dad was put in a
death cell to die at the Durant Hospital, he lay uncousnious for 3 weeks,
finally they shipped him to Okal. City to the University Burn Center. He was
there for over 2 months. He had skin grafts all over his left side and lost
one ear. Dad said "I will never go to hell because I've done been there.
Mother stayed by his bedside until she fell one day after she saw he was going
to live, I guess when she relaxed from the idea that dad was going to make it,
she just collasped.
Mon raised us in church, the nearest church was Assembly of God, which was 3
miles from our house. I am a christian, we go to Life Christian Center.
After the disaster of the burns dad got, he took the Custodian and Jailers job
at Atoka, Okla.
Our parents told us many ghost stories, not to my remberance much of our
ancestors. Dad said the moved to Texas from Louisiana somewhere, that was
about it.

William married Rose Ella Roach of Honey Grove, Tx. Rose (daughter of William J Roach and Mrs Tilda Roach) was born 27 Aug 1889, of Honey Grove, Tx. [Group Sheet]

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Fannin Co., newpaper: Honey Grove Signal 20 June, 1913

Monkstown was the scene of an ugly and serious difficulty last Sunday.
For some time bad blood had existed between the Prater brothers and Buck
Brown, young men of that community, the strained relationship growing out
of the previous arrests and court testimony.
Sunday the men met in Monkstown and had a bad fight. Buck Brown was seriously
cut by one of the Prater boys, and the first news of the tragedy said he could
not recover. He is still alive, however, and we hear he has a chance for
recovery. According to our informant the Praters had Brown down and one of
them was knifing him when Mr. Dooley, who desired to stop the finght, knocked
one of the Praters off of Brown with a club.
When Prater arose, he drew his pistol and shot, but the bullet went wide of
its mark.

John married Annie Laura Kilgore 18 Jun 1885, of Tx. Annie was born 06 Dec 1869, of Honey Grove, Tx; died 14 Oct 1921, Near Monkstown, Farris Co., Tx.; was buried , With Husband at Orrs Chapel Cem.. [Group Sheet]

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William married Mrs Tilda Roach of Honey Grove, Tx. Mrs was born , of Honey Grove, Tx. [Group Sheet]

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Orphans Court Record, 1824: Jefferson Co., Ala.

P. 148 Richardson Frazier applied for letters of Administration on the
estate of John L. Praytor, deceased. He left no widow and the next of kin
refused adm. on the estate. Oct., 1834.

P. 154 Lewis Frazer, guardian of Polly, Anderson, Middleton and William
Praytor, infant children of John L. Praytor, deceased.

Note: John L. Praytors other children may have been in the household of
Richardson Frazier.

John married Cornilia A. Waldie 11 Sep 1855, Ala.. Cornilia was born 01 Oct 1826, Jefferson Co., Ala.; died 30 Apr 1866. [Group Sheet]

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