NAME: JAMES DAVID PRATHER, AGE 82, A LONGTIME WARDVILLE RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 29, 1924 IN WARDVILLE, OK TO ISOM DAVID AND ELIZABETH (FEATHERSTON) PRATHER. PASSED AWAY: APRIL 12, 2007 AT HIS HOME IN WARDVILLE, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM KIOWA SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS DEGREE IN BUSINESS FROM EASTERN COLLEGE IN WILBURTON, OK. MARRIED: JO ANN WARD. MARALYN ARLENE PHILLIPS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1973 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN RANCH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER AND A DEACON OF THE WARDVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WWII AS A NAVY SEAL. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARALYN PRATHER OF THE HOME IN WARDVILLE, OK. SONS: JIM PRATHER AND WIFE DONNA OF MOORE, OK. BOB PRATHER AND WIFE CATHERINE OF WILLOW PARK, TX. TOM PRATHER AND WIFE SHEILA OF BLACKWELL, OK. DAUGHTERS: ANNE PRATHER OF CROWDER, OK. CHERYL COSPER AND HUSBAND ROGER OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JOSHUA PRATHER, TYLER PRATHER, BETHANY PRATHER, SHANDI COSPER, PRESTON COSPER, RUSSELL WRIGHT, AND FRANCIS ROHRS. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ALLIE PRATHER, BRICE BARNES, AND LUCKY GOSE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ISOM DAVID AND ELIZABETH PRATHER. BROTHER: LEONARD JAMES PRATHER.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: WARDVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WARDVILLE, OK. INTERMENT: WARDVILLE CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN GRUBBS AND REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: JAKE SHIELDS, DAVID RUDROW, JERRY KILLIAN, CLYDE WEEDEN, ROY WILLIAMS, TERRY HEAD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. V. NEWBERRY, LOYD BURNETT, CLAYTON WEEDEN, BILL NEWBERRY.