Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, July 16, 1946

JOHN L. PRATT

Services were held at the Pisgah Baptist Church near Bernice Tuesday afternoon for John L. Pratt, 57, who died at Malvern, Ark., Monday morning following a stroke. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Mr. Pratt was prominent in educational work in Malvern for a number of years.

He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Marvin Thomas, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. William Bolt, Laurens, S.C., Mrs. Warren Parks, Muskogee, Okla.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pratt, and one brother, L. H. Pratt, all of Bernice.