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Find A Grave Memorial# 85243418
Franklin P. Pratt, Jr
Birth: «tab»Apr. 19, 1916
Death: «tab»Mar. 3, 1960
Parents: Franklin P. Pratt (1885 - 1943), Effie Estridge Pratt (1888 - 1968)
Spouse: Helen Dougherty Pratt Miller Dare (1920 - 2013)*
Burial: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Created by: Kathy Merris Mills
Record added: Feb 20, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 85243418
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From: "Following the Trails of the Southern Pratts", by F. P. Pratt, 2017
Dr. Franklin "Frank" Pierce Pratt, Jr., (Franklin Pierce Pratt9, Franklin Pierce8, Phillip Isaac7, Thomas Henry6, William5, William4, John3, William2, Griffin1), first child of Dr. Franklin Pierce Pratt and Effie Idora Estridge, was born April 19, 1916, in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. His father was a chiropractor and his mother a schoolteacher in Salisbury. He was raised in the two-story house his father built at 528 Mitchell Avenue, in Salisbury, attended Wiley Elementary School, Boyden High School, and Catawba College in Salisbury. His grandfather, the first of the Franklin Pierce's died when Frank's father was only three. Consequently, Frank's father was locally known a Frank, Sr., and Frank was known as Frank, Jr. After Frank graduated from Catawba College, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine intending to become a physician. He left there and enrolled in Atlanta Southern Dental College, in Atlanta, Georgia. During his occasional visits home from school in Atlanta, he met Helen Frances Dougherty, daughter of George Carroll Dougherty and Tillie Levicy Carriger, a nurse at Rowan County Memorial Hospital, in Salisbury, on a blind date. They continued to see one another when Frank would return to Salisbury from dental school in Atlanta. Frank graduated from Atlanta Southern Dental College, February 10, 1943, with a Doctorate of Dental Surgery. Frank's mother, Effie, wanted Frank to marry a local girl of her liking, so Frank and Helen eloped and were married less than two weeks after Frank graduated from dental school. They were married February 21, 1943, in Helen's parent's church, in Johnson City, Tennessee, in the presence of Helen's family. After a brief honeymoon, Frank enlisted in the US Army during World War II. He completed his field training June 17, 1943, in Field Medicine and Surgery, at the Medical Field Service School, in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He was then assigned to Camp Rucker, Coffee County, Alabama and was joined by his new bride. It was there that his first son, Franklin Pierce Pratt, III, was born, December 16, 1943, in an Army field hospital, while Frank was on maneuvers. In June 1944, Frank was transferred to Fort Riley, in Manhattan, Kansas. The family lived temporarily in Manhattan and also in Springfield, Missouri. By December of the same year, Frank was transferred to Marysville, California, to the new Beale Air Force Base. Frank continued to serve in the US Army, as a dentist and dental surgeon for wounded soldiers returning from the Pacific Front. While stationed in Marysville, their second son, George Carroll Pratt was born, August 2, 1945. As the war with Japan came to a close, Frank was promoted to the rank of Major in June 1946, and encouraged to pursue a career in the military. Frank, however, wanted to return to the private sector and was honorably discharged from the Army, September 7, 1946. The family, with two young sons, returned to Frank's home in Salisbury. There, Frank opened his dental office on the second floor of the Hanaford Building, directly above the Innes Street Drug Store, on the corner of Innes and Main streets in Salisbury. Frank, Helen, and their two young sons, lived with Frank's widowed mother in her home at 528 Mitchell Avenue. They joined the First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury. Frank began the task of growing his dental practice and Helen became a stay-at-home mother. They joined the Salisbury County Club where Frank would play golf with the other doctors and dentists on Wednesday afternoons and Helen would take the boys to swim at the club's swimming pool. Each summer, the family would vacation with other doctor's families at Ocean Drive Beach, South Carolina. Frank's dental practice grew and he became a well-known member of the Salisbury community. He was noted for his jolly and friendly character. With his dental practice growing, Frank had a new office built on Church Street that he opened in 1958, and was active in the North Carolina Dental Association. Then suddenly on March 2, 1960, Frank suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while driving his car in Salisbury. He was admitted to Salisbury Memorial Hospital and immediately taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. The following day he was to be transported to Duke University Hospital in Durham when he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and died just after noon. His services were conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Salisbury and he was buried in one of the Pratt family plots in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina (Find A Grave Memorial # 85243418). Following Frank's death, Helen returned to nursing and was employed at the Salisbury Veteran's Hospital. In 1962, Helen had a house build in the newly Colonial Estates subdivision, at 240 Richmond Rd., and moved there with her two sons. As her sons entered adulthood and one left for college, and the other for military service, she was pursued by some of Salisbury's best available men. In 1964, she met, Clay Rufus Miller, son of Thomas Lee Miller and Mary William Austin, a widower, successful insurance salesman, and member of the Salisbury County Club. They were united in marriage March 13, 1965, at the First Presbyterian Church, with the blessing of their children. Clay died June 5, 1987, following an extended illness, and is buried with his first wife in the City Memorial Park, in Salisbury (Find A Grave Memorial # 93989318). Following Clay's death, Helen married, third, E. L. "Dick" Dare, a widower, on July 15, 1989, at the First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury. After a lengthy honeymoon, the couple returned to Dick's summer home in Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida. There, Dick suffered a reoccurrence of his lung cancer and died six months after they were married, January 13, 1990, in Cape Coral. He is buried with his first wife in the Brown Family Cemetery, Lemont, Cook County, Illinois (Find A Grave Memorial # 26827503). Helen, having outlived three husbands, continued to live in the home she built in Salisbury until her death, October 27, 2013, in Salisbury, and is buried with her first husband in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina (Find A Grave Memorial # 134032018). Franklin and Helen Dougherty Pratt had two known children: Franklin Pierce m. (1) Martha Ellen Van Goor (2) Becky Lynn Stroup, and George Carroll Pratt m. Sarah Ellen Moss.
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Franklin Pierce Pratt (1916-1960) Obits
Dr. F. P. Pratt Fatally Stricken from the March 3, 1960, Salisbury Evening Post:
Dr. Franklin Pierce Pratt, 43, of Mitchell Avenue, local dentist, died today at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He had been a patient since yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Pratt suffered a cerebral hemorage yesterday afternoon while on the way to a local garage to have chains put on the car. He was rushed to Rowan Memorial Hospital and then moved to the Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Pratt was the son of Mrs. F. P. Pratt and the late Dr. Pratt of Mitchell Avenue. He graduated from Boyden High School in 1933 and received his BS degree at Catawba College in 1937. In 1943 he graduated from Atlanta Southern Dental College and immediately entered the US Army as a first lieutenant.
He opened his office for the practice of Dinestry try in Salisbury October 6, 1946. Since opening his office here, he had served the Rowan County Dental Society as president and was elected president of the Second District of the North Carolina Dental Society.
He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Dougherty whom he married in February, 1943, two sons, George and Pierce Pratt, both of the home; and his mother, Mrs. F. P. Pratt Sr.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Pratt Rites Set Saturday from the March 4, 1960, Salisbury Evening Post:
Funeral services for Dr. Franklin Pierce Pratt, 43, of 528 Mitchell Ave, Salisbury, will be conducted Saturday at 4 o'clock at the Lyerly Funeral Chapel. Dr. Sidney A. Gates, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions be made to the Barium Springs Orphanage or the Dental Foundation of the University of North Carolina. The body will remain at the Lyerly Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
Members of the Dental Association will be seated in a group at the Chapel.
Dr. Pratt died yesterday at 12:10 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston - Salem where he had been a patient for one day. Death was unexpected.
A native of Rowan County, Dr. Pratt was the son of Mrs. F. P. Pratt Sr. and the late Dr. Pratt. He attended Boyden High School, Catawba College, and Atlanta Southern Dental College. He began the practice of dentistry here on Oct. 8, 1946.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Services Held for Dr. Pratt from the Salisbury Evening Post:
Funeral Services were held for Dr. Franklin Pierce Pratt, 43, of 528 Mitchell Ave., at 4 o'oclock Saturday afternoon at the Lyerly Funeral Chapel. Dr. Sidney Gates, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Interment was in the family plot at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Richard Menius, Mort Rochell, Dr. James Coffey, Dr. Steve Thurston, Dr. Allan Scott, A. J. Gillespie and Harmon Wellman.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Rowan County Dental Association.
Dr. Pratt died Thursday at 12:10 p. m. at the Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, where he had been a patient for one day.
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Greensboro Daily News, March 4, 1960
Salisbury Dentist Succumbs
Salisbury, March 3 - Dr. Franklin Pierce Pratt, 43, of Salisbury, died at 12:10 p.m today at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He had been a patient for one day. Dr. Pratt was born in Rowan County. He was educated in Boyden High School, Catawba College, and the Atlanta Southern Dental College. He opend his office here in 1946, after four years in the Army. He was discharged with the rank of major.
Dr. Pratt was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and had served as president of the Rowan County Dental Society and vice president of the Second District, North Carolina Dental Society. He was an Elk and a member of the Salisbury Country Club.
Surviving are is wife, the former Helen Dougherty; two sons, George and Pierce of the home; and his mother, Mrs. F. P. Pratt, Sr. of the home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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There is some confusion about the Franklin Pierce Pratt family lineage and generational use of suffix Senior, Junior, III, and IV in actual names. Perhaps the following explanation will help explain the confusion.
The first Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1852) was the son of Phillip Isaac Pratt and Nancy Webb Harris. It is likely, but not proven, that he was named for soon to become president Franklin Pierce who was elected in 1852 and served as president from 1853 - 1857. Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1852) married (1873) Sarah Matilda Richardson and from the union were born 3 children, Raymond Warren Pratt (b. 1874). Elsie Lillian Pratt (b. 1876) and lastly, Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1885). The first Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1852) died 3 years following the birth of his son Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1885). Sarah Matilda Richardson (Pratt) remarried Joseph Henry Land in 1895. It is unlikely that Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1885) knew much of his father. No record exists of the Pratt children being adopted following Sarah's marriage to Joseph Land and they all maintained their Pratt surname. Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1885) married (1912) Effie Idora Estridge and from this union, one child, Franklin Pierce Pratt, Jr. (b. 1916), was born. The official birth certificate has his name as Franklin Pierce Pratt, Jr. (b. 1916). His father, Franklin Pierce Pratt (b. 1885) from then on was referred to Franklin Pierce Pratt, Sr. Throughout Franklin Pierce Pratt, Jr.'s (b. 1916) early childhood, he was referred to as "Junior". Franklin Pierce Pratt (Sr. b. 1885) died in 1943. Franklin Pierce Pratt, Jr. (b. 1916) married (1943) Helen Frances Dougherty and from this union were born two children, Franklin Pierce Pratt (III, b. 1943) and George Carroll Pratt (b. 1945). Franklin Pierce Pratt (III, b. 1943) official birth certificate has his name as only Franklin Pierce Pratt while his certificate of live birth has his name as Franklin Pierce Pratt, Jr., adding to the confusion. However, from then on, Franklin Pierce Pratt (III, b. 1943) most legal documents has him as Franklin Pierce Pratt, III (b. 1943). Franklin Pierce Pratt, III (b. 1943) married (1967) Martha Ellen Van Goor and from this union were born two children, Franklin Pierce Pratt, IV (b. 1968) and Gregory Charles Pratt (1971). Franklin Piercc Pratt, IV, birth certificate has his legal name as Franklin Pierce Pratt, IV. Franklin PIerce Pratt, IV (b. 1968) married (2000) Debroah Jean Morris and from this union were born two children, Abigail Jean Pratt (b. 2003) and Franklin Pierce Pratt, V (b. 2004). The use of the suffix Sr., Jr., III, IV, and V with their names may not be generationally correct but are the legal suffix for each individual.
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1920 US Census, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
Frank P Pratt«tab»«tab»Head«tab»«tab»M«tab»35«tab»North Carolina
Effie Pratt«tab»«tab»Wife«tab»«tab»F«tab»30«tab»North Carolina
Frank Pratt«tab»«tab»Son«tab»«tab»M«tab»3«tab»North Carolina
O?In Estridge«tab»«tab»Brother-in-law«tab»M«tab»22«tab»North Carolina
1930 US Census, Salisbury, North Carolina
Frank B Pratt«tab»«tab»Head«tab»«tab»M«tab»45«tab»Virginia
Effie E Pratt«tab»«tab»Wife«tab»«tab»F«tab»40«tab»North Carolina
Franklin P Pratt«tab»«tab»Son«tab»«tab»M«tab»13«tab»North Carolina
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