Charles J. Prater, 82

Charles J. (C.J.) Prater, 82, of Stuarts Draft, Va., died August 26 at Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. He was born in DeKalb County on July 23, 1923, a son of the late Caleb Jackson Prater and Delma Poss Prater.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He retired from the Augusta County School System. He was a member of White Hill Church of the Brethren.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, Alice Prater, and a grandson Nicholas Prater; two brothers, Brown and Everett Prater and three sisters, Agnes Mullins, Virginia Hillis and Cleva Harding.

He is survived by his wife Anna A. Prater; his sons, Ernest J. Prater and his wife Bonnie of Harrisonburg, Va., and Ralph E. Prater and his wife Debbie of Stuarts Draft, Va.; brother, James Prater of McMinnville; sisters, Mamie Newman of McMinnville and Fay Burch of Rock Island and grandchildren, Steve and his wife, Kim Prater of Harrisonburg, Va., Megan and her husband, Curtis Beyeler of Greenville, Va., Jon Prater and Chuckie Prater, both of Stuarts Draft, Va.

Services will held at the White Hill Church of the Brethren at 1 p.m. on Monday with burial in Oak Lawn Mausoleums and Memory Gardens, Staunton, Va.

Memorial contributions may be made to White Hill Church of the Brethren, Building Fund, 749 Old White Hill Road, Stuarts Draft, Va., 24477 or to the Hospice of the Piedmont, 2200 Old Ivy Road, Suite 2, Charlottesville, Va., 22903.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 28, 2005