NAME: MARY FRANKLIN (POTTS) PRATER, AGE 69, OF ATOKA AND FORMER STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 10, 1927 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO JOHN TAYLOR AND KATE (DENTON) POTTS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1997 AT HER ATOKA, OK RESIDENCE. AGE: 69 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, GRADUATED IN 1944. MARRIED: ROBERT L. PRATER ON JUNE 15, 1946 AT HOUSTON, TX. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: MARY CATHERINE WILSON AND HUSBAND JACK OF HOUSTON, TX. SONS: ROBERT L. PRATER AND WIFE MARY OF ATOKA, OK. JAMES N. PRATER AND WIFE PAM OF EULESS, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: SHEILA PRATER OF HUNTSVILLE, TX. STACY GOFF AND HUSBAND DAVID OF STEPHENVILLE, TX. TRACI PRATER OF COALGATE, OK. JAMES ROBERT PRATER OF EULESS, TX. SHERRI MCCOY AND HUSBAND GARY OF ATOKA, OK. STEPHEN COOPER OF ATOKA. OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JORDAN GOFF OF STEPHENVILLE, TX. ROBBY MCCOY OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: BILL POTTS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTERS: MILDRED CATHERINE SUTTON OF ATOKA, OK. BEULAH MAE UNGER OF SAN DIEGO, CA. RUBY ELWANDA YOST OF CHOCTAW, OK. JUDY SHARON EMBRY OF FT. SMITH, AR. FRIEND: JOAN KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ROBERT PRATER ON OCTOBER 12, 1996 AT ROGERS, AR. PARENTS: JOHN AND KATE POTTS. BROTHER: JOHN T. BUDDY POTTS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 10 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOEL M. POTTS (NEPHEW). ASSISTING: REV. BOB CUNNINGHAM. CASKETBEARERS: TONY POTTS, ARNOLD PATTON, MIKE EMBRY, JOHN EMBRY, DAVEY SUTTON, JAMES SUTTON, JODY GOODSON, JOEL. T. POTTS.