Extracted from The Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Saturday, May 26, 1973

Mrs. Lenora Prather

Mrs. Lenora Phyllis Spradley Prather, 73, of 2112 21st St., Gulfport, died Friday morning at 10:45 o'clock at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport where she had been a patient for one week.

Mrs. Prather was born Jan. 1, 1900, in Fountainebleau, Miss., and lived for most of her life on the Coast. She was a member of Burton Memorial United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Clarence C. Prather, Gulfport; four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Guidara, California; Mrs. Bettie Williams, New York; Mrs. June Bradley, Houston, Tex.; and Mrs. Myrna Moubray, Gulfport; three sons, Winfred Prather and Chester Prather, Gulfport; and James Prather, San Diego, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Page, Pascagoula; and Mrs. Aslean Dickerson, Harrisonburg, Pa.; two brothers, Curtis Spradley, Gulfport, and Harold Spradley, Orlando, Fla.; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call this evening after 7 o'clock at Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport.

The body will be taken to Burton Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 where it will lie in state until service time at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Raymond Wesson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen Gardens.