Seymore Russell Prater

1867 -

• Name	Seymore Russell Prater
  Born	21 Apr 1867	Coosa Co., Ala.
  Gender	Male
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Plantationer
  Died	Woodland, Pontotoc Co., Miss.
  Person ID	I36877	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Lewis Meadors Prater,   b. Coosa Co., Ala. ,   d. Bef 1880, of Monroe Co., Ms.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Martha Jane White, Brown,   b. 04 Sep 1842, of Coosa Co., Ala. ,   d. 29 Dec 1929, Pontatoc, Pontatoc, Ms  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	02 Jan 1866	of Coosa Co., Ala.
  Family ID	F18184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Quilla Wright,   b. of Coosa Co., Ala.
  Married	07 Nov 1892	Lee Co., Miss.
  Children	1. Oren Arthur Prater, Prate,   b. of Coosa Co., Ala.  [Natural]   2. Noonan Curtis Prater, Cirt,   b. of Coosa Co., Ala.  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F18190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rachelle Lee Roye,   b. of Pontotoc Co., Ms
  Married	of Pontotoc Co., Ms
  Children	1. Herman Prater,   b. Pontotoc Co., Miss. ,   bur. Pleasant Grove Cem., Pontotoc Co., Miss.  [Natural]   2. Roy Prater,   b. Pontotoc Co., Ms. ,   bur. Pleasant Grove Cem. Pontotoc Co., Ms.  [Natural]   3. Bessie Prater,   b. of Pontotoc Co., Ms  [Natural]   4. Tilton Eugene Prater,   b. Pontotoc Co., Ala. ,   d. Pontotoc Co., Ala.  [Natural]   5. Mary Lou Prater,   b. Pontotoc Co., Miss. ,   d. Bef 2000  [Natural]   6. Eddie Bee Prater,   b. Pontotoc Co., Miss.  [Natural]   7. Living Prater  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F18189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Seymore was well known in his community by his unique ablity of telling the future and E.S.P. He did not use this in a commercial way but had many friends, neighbors, and local residents call on him at all times. It is said that his ablities were amazing! In one story a local farmer told: My mule came up missing and I could not find him anywhere. I went to Mr. Prathers home and asked for his guidence. Mr. Prather told me that the mule that was missing was the one with a mark behind his ear, and that I could find in on a section of a nearby farm. "Well", I did'nt even know that the mule had a mark behind his ear. But when I went to the spot where Mr. Prather told me he could be found, "Well" there he was. When I took a look behind that ear, guess what I found. The mark Mr. Prather told me about! A story told by a local farm lady: I lost the stone out of my ring and could not find it anywhere. I went to Mr. Prathers farm and asked him if he could help. He told me that the stone fell out of my ring when I was feeding the chickens. He told me not to sell any of those chickens but to use them for my dinner table. He said check in the gizzard of each one and I would find the stone to my ring in one of them. All my relatives thought that I was crazy to lisen to Mr. Prather but I knew him well and trusted in his power to see what no other human could see. When I found the stone to my ring in one of those gizzards no one in my family ever laughed at Mr. Prathers predictions again. They even began to visit him with their troubles which he always solved. Mr. Seymore Prather died with a brain tumor. We will never know if this helped give him his special powers by allowing him to use that part of his brain that they say people never use. It is said in the family that his powers grew stronger as he aged and before he died. Life is a mystery to some people more than others!