Margaret Frances Prater, 77, of Paris, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Medical City of Plano.
Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1st at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Griffith & Rev. Leonard Prater officiating. Burial will follow in Bogata Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Prater, the daughter of Robert Samuel Rice & Martha Adele Cagle Rice, was born Dec. 1, 1943, in Clarksville.
She was a Mother and caretaker of everyone. She instilled in all of us a strong sense of family, Love of God, Love of others and generosity and concern for others. Mother of 3 registered nurses and a Baptist Pastor. She was a hard-working seamstress married to a Campbell Soup employee and they put this great legacy of a family together. She was close with her entire family, including many grandchildren and great grandchildren and they all knew and loved her. She taught us all to be hard workers and expected us all to excel. We as a family sang her home to meet her beloved Lord and Savior using a group facetime. She was the keeper of the family and Mother to all who knew her. Even her little squirrel will miss her, but she would not want anyone to be sad for her and told us often not to cry or be sad when she
was gone. She left no unfinished work, she loved us all wholeheartedly and lived life with no regrets up until the very moment that she faded away into the arms of Jesus. We Love you Mother. We are rejoicing with you even through our tears that you are finally home…. Until we see you again someday, we will cherish all of these memories and laughter and love.
Margaret was a faithful member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Her parents and a sister, Bobbie Jean Whitt, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, James Prater, whom she married on Oct. 14, 1967, building 53 years of family and memories, four children, Ann Adams & husband Richard of Bogata, Angie Jones & husband Tommy of Paris, Leonard Prater & wife Deena of Spring, and Amy Taylor of Paris, grandchildren, Tonya Jackson & husband Kyle, Jessica Manson & husband Hank, Lindsey Bridgers & husband Johnathan, Shelbi Myers & husband Dustin, Kaleb Peek & wife Katie, Houston Jones, Ethan Jones, Jacob Jones, Amanda Peek, Allison Prater, Nathan Prater, Audrey Prater, Garrett Taylor, Aislinn Taylor, and Allena Taylor, 18 great grandchildren, and a sister, Sarah Griffith & husband Bob along with several nieces & nephews and a host of friends.
Casket bearers will be: Ethan Jones, Houston Jones, Nathan Prater, Kaleb Peek, Dustin Myers, Johnathan Bridgers, and Kyle Jackson. Honorary bearers will be: David Guinn, Jim Boren, Jeff Prater, Hank Manson, and Garrett Taylor.
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