Elizabeth Pratt

Funeral Services of Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt Held Last Saturday.

Funeral services were held at the Wilbur Church Saturday, May 9 for Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, aged and respected 
citizen of the Camp Mistake section of Doddridge County, near Camp.  Her death followed a lingering illness 
and was the result of a complication of diseases.

The deceased was a former well known citizen of the Pratts Run section of McElroy district and she was the 
mother of former Assessor A. E. Pratt of Deep Valley.  She was born in Maryland and come with her parents to 
this county while she was a child, the family making its home near the mouth of Arnolds Creek.

In young womanhood she was married to Thomas Pratt, a member of the large Pratt family that resided in the 
Wilbur section of this county.  To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Pratt were born eight sons, Walter A. and Austin
 E., both deceased, Clinton of Crosscut, Tex; Arthur, Murphysboro, Ill.; Emery of Camp; Lawrence of Coachilla,
 Calif.; and Edward and Bert of Salem, Oregon.  The husband and father passed away a number of years ago. 
 In addition to the surviving children, she is survived by seven grandchildren.

Mrs. Pratt had been an active member of the United Brethern church at Wilbur during practically all her 
adult life.  She was past 82 years of age at the time of her death, and more than sixty of those years
 had been spent in active church service.  She was not content to be only a nominal member of the church, 
but the weight of her influence and support at all times was for the uplifting and betterment of her 
fellow men.

She was left a widow in comparative young womanhood with eight boys to guide and rear.  She had lived to 
see all come to manhood, honorable and honored in the communities in which they lived.  Austin Pratt, one
 of her sons, was twice elected to the office of assessor in Tyler County.

The funeral services at the church were in charge of her pastor, Rev. F. G. Radabaugh, who had known her 
well and had known her worth in the community.  In the funeral address he paid a fine tribute to womanhood 
and motherhood, pointing to the deceased as a notable example of both in the community in which she had lived.

Died May 6, 1931 at Camp Mistake, WV.  Buried at Wilbur.