This community has been called again to pause and bathe herself in sorrow by reason of the death of one of her respected citizens. The pale messenger that called Sappho from her songs and Letitia Landon from her grief; the messenger that led Byron to where he could sleep; the messenger that will pilot all to where the merciless critic cannot stab with words more cruel than stones; the messenger who led Poe to "the maity dim regiions od Wier," and delivered to desolate Burns the sealed orders under which he sailed the unknown seas, came into our city Sunday morning and called Walter Prather from active participation in the affairs of this life. From henceforth we will miss the familiar figure which for half a century has shuttled to and fro among us; the cheerful voice will not again greet us here.
The large number of our citizens who attended the funeral services conducted by Evangelist C. R Nichol at the chapel of the Church of Christ, with interment in the Clifton cemetery, and the beautiful floral offering attested the popularity of Mr. Prather as well as the spirit of the Clifton folk.
Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969; died April 20, 1930; survived by his wife, four children and two sisters.
For fifty-five years he resided in Clifton, Was appointed carrier on Clifton's first rural mail route June 15, 1906, and was continuously in that service until December 15, 1929; and was then transferred to a clerkship inside the Clifton post office where he worked until only a few weeks prior to his death.
Mr. Prather was a versatile man, being able to lend a hand in many of the vocations of the world's work. For several years he was Clifton's only photographer. With a mechanical turn of mind he was interested in all new inventions, and possessed that inquisitive turn of mind which made him read and enabled him to be an interesting conversationalist on all subjects of current interests.
We are fortunate of having his wife with us who will find the interest of Clifton folk not the least abated in her continued success as our excellent photographer.
Mr. Prather was a member of the Church of Christ.
Source: The Clifton Record, Clifton, Texas, Friday, April 25, 1930; Pg. 1, Column 5
NOTE: Transcribed as published, including errors. "Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969;" It should have read: "Walter Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1869."
The large number of our citizens who attended the funeral services conducted by Evangelist C. R Nichol at the chapel of the Church of Christ, with interment in the Clifton cemetery, and the beautiful floral offering attested the popularity of Mr. Prather as well as the spirit of the Clifton folk.
Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969; died April 20, 1930; survived by his wife, four children and two sisters.
For fifty-five years he resided in Clifton, Was appointed carrier on Clifton's first rural mail route June 15, 1906, and was continuously in that service until December 15, 1929; and was then transferred to a clerkship inside the Clifton post office where he worked until only a few weeks prior to his death.
Mr. Prather was a versatile man, being able to lend a hand in many of the vocations of the world's work. For several years he was Clifton's only photographer. With a mechanical turn of mind he was interested in all new inventions, and possessed that inquisitive turn of mind which made him read and enabled him to be an interesting conversationalist on all subjects of current interests.
We are fortunate of having his wife with us who will find the interest of Clifton folk not the least abated in her continued success as our excellent photographer.
Mr. Prather was a member of the Church of Christ.
Source: The Clifton Record, Clifton, Texas, Friday, April 25, 1930; Pg. 1, Column 5
NOTE: Transcribed as published, including errors. "Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969;" It should have read: "Walter Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1869."
This community has been called again to pause and bathe herself in sorrow by reason of the death of one of her respected citizens. The pale messenger that called Sappho from her songs and Letitia Landon from her grief; the messenger that led Byron to where he could sleep; the messenger that will pilot all to where the merciless critic cannot stab with words more cruel than stones; the messenger who led Poe to "the maity dim regiions od Wier," and delivered to desolate Burns the sealed orders under which he sailed the unknown seas, came into our city Sunday morning and called Walter Prather from active participation in the affairs of this life. From henceforth we will miss the familiar figure which for half a century has shuttled to and fro among us; the cheerful voice will not again greet us here.
The large number of our citizens who attended the funeral services conducted by Evangelist C. R Nichol at the chapel of the Church of Christ, with interment in the Clifton cemetery, and the beautiful floral offering attested the popularity of Mr. Prather as well as the spirit of the Clifton folk.
Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969; died April 20, 1930; survived by his wife, four children and two sisters.
For fifty-five years he resided in Clifton, Was appointed carrier on Clifton's first rural mail route June 15, 1906, and was continuously in that service until December 15, 1929; and was then transferred to a clerkship inside the Clifton post office where he worked until only a few weeks prior to his death.
Mr. Prather was a versatile man, being able to lend a hand in many of the vocations of the world's work. For several years he was Clifton's only photographer. With a mechanical turn of mind he was interested in all new inventions, and possessed that inquisitive turn of mind which made him read and enabled him to be an interesting conversationalist on all subjects of current interests.
We are fortunate of having his wife with us who will find the interest of Clifton folk not the least abated in her continued success as our excellent photographer.
Mr. Prather was a member of the Church of Christ.
Source: The Clifton Record, Clifton, Texas, Friday, April 25, 1930; Pg. 1, Column 5
NOTE: Transcribed as published, including errors. "Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969;" It should have read: "Walter Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1869."
The large number of our citizens who attended the funeral services conducted by Evangelist C. R Nichol at the chapel of the Church of Christ, with interment in the Clifton cemetery, and the beautiful floral offering attested the popularity of Mr. Prather as well as the spirit of the Clifton folk.
Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969; died April 20, 1930; survived by his wife, four children and two sisters.
For fifty-five years he resided in Clifton, Was appointed carrier on Clifton's first rural mail route June 15, 1906, and was continuously in that service until December 15, 1929; and was then transferred to a clerkship inside the Clifton post office where he worked until only a few weeks prior to his death.
Mr. Prather was a versatile man, being able to lend a hand in many of the vocations of the world's work. For several years he was Clifton's only photographer. With a mechanical turn of mind he was interested in all new inventions, and possessed that inquisitive turn of mind which made him read and enabled him to be an interesting conversationalist on all subjects of current interests.
We are fortunate of having his wife with us who will find the interest of Clifton folk not the least abated in her continued success as our excellent photographer.
Mr. Prather was a member of the Church of Christ.
Source: The Clifton Record, Clifton, Texas, Friday, April 25, 1930; Pg. 1, Column 5
NOTE: Transcribed as published, including errors. "Waler Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1969;" It should have read: "Walter Prather, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Prather, was born May 29, 1869."
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