Eugene Prater

Published 12:00 am Friday, February 5, 2010

NATCHEZ — Services for Eugene Prater, 72, of Natchez, who died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Troy Thomas officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Webb Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Prater was born Sept. 9, 1937, in Bude, the son of Henry Prater and Frances C. Washington. He was employed by J.M. Jones Lumber Company and was retired.

He was preceded in death by three sisters, Hattie Payne, Shirllan Washington and Frances M. Washington; and four brothers, Charles Bates, Leroy Bates, Clarence Washington Jr., and George Johnson.

Survivors include his loving and devoted wife, Linda Prater; four daughters, Cora Henry, Lisa Haywood, Katina Shannon and Akeyah Prater; and five sons, Ronnie Terrell, Paul Prater, Jamaal Shannon, Broderick Shannon and Daquan Prater.

Pallbearers will be Larry Reed, Steven Hoggatt, David Claiborne, Ernest Chatman and Michael Anderson.