Funeral services for Page Robert Prater, 59, of Thomson were held Saturday, January 14, 2006, at Goshen Baptist Church, Lincolnton, with Rev. Robert Adams officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. He died January 11 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta.
Mr. Prater was a native of Lincoln County and was the son of Frances Cullars Prater and the late Fred Robert Prater. He was owner and operator of Prater Transport and had lived in Thomson since 1987. He was an Eagle Scout; a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church, Thomson, and former member of Goshen Baptist Church, Lincolnton.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Granade Prater, Thomson; a son and daughter-in-law, Page Robert Prater II and Kimberly Mathis Prater, Thomson; two daughters, Andrea Porcher Prater, Mesena, and Elizabeth Leigh Prater, Dearing.; his mother, Frances Cullars Prater, Lincolnton; a sister, Kathryn Prater Robinson, Washington; and three granddaughters, Prater Frances Thigpen, Warrenton, Riley Jane Robinson, Dearing, and Anna Logan Prater, Thomson.
Pallbearers included Jim Hobbs, Travis Reed, Wylie Dallas, Ernie Guthrie, Rusty Lovelace, and Ed Whitaker.
Memorials may be made to Goshen Baptist Church, Lincolnton; Winship Cancer Institute, 1365 Clifton Rd., Atlanta 30322; or the Leukemia Society, 2625 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 205, Atlanta 30339.
Beggs Funeral Home of Lincolnton and Thomson was in charge of arrangements.
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