Thomas Jackson Prillaman

   Another name for Thomas was Jack.

  General Notes:

The 1920 Federal Census for Blackwater District, Franklin Co., Virginia District 46, page 16A taken January 9, 1920 records Thomas J. Prillaman (5/12) with his parents Henry C. (46) and Elizabeth G. (43) Prillaman and siblings Ida M. (24), Mawyer (21), Elsie (17), Henry A. (13), Roy A. (12), Ella G. (9), Frances E. (7), Eliza E. (3 8/12), and John W. (1 8/12).

The 1930 Federal Census for Blackwater District, Franklin Co., Virginia District 1, page 7B taken April 16, 1930 records Thomas J. Prillaman (11) with his parents Henry C. (56) and Eliza G. (52) Prillaman and siblings A. H. (23), Roy A. (22), Ella G. (19), Frances E. (17), Everdell E. (13), John M. (12), Helen G. (7), and Virginia I. (6). Also in the household is the widowed mother-in-law Mary E. Howery (74). Henry and Eliza have been married for 29 years.


Published in Roanoke Times from April 2 to April 3, 2013:
Thomas J. (Jack) Prillaman, 93, of Vinton, died on Easter Sunday morning, March 31, 2013. Jack served in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theatre and was awarded several medals including a Bronze Star. He was retired from Brad Ragan Tire and was a greeter for Wal-Mart in Bonsack for many years and was a member of Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry C. and Eliza Howery Prillaman; his eight sisters; his five brothers; and his devoted wife of 69 years, Ruby Akers Prillaman.
Jack is survived by his son, H. Alfred "Al" Prillaman and wife, Nancy; his daughter, Rita P. Vaught, all of Vinton; his grandchildren, Brian Prillaman and wife, Nicole, Pamela Vaught, and Melissa Vaught Okes and husband, Andrew; and his great-grandson, Landon Okes.
A service celebrating Jack's life will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church with Pastor Jamie Smith officiating. Interment will be held in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton with Military Honors. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oakey's Vinton Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.Oakeys.com.

Thomas married Ruby Francis Akers, daughter of Peter Dillard Akers Sr. and Sallie P. Belcher. (Ruby Francis Akers was born on 27 Jan 1918 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA, died on 30 Mar 2008 in Vinton, Roanoke Co., Virginia and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton, Roanoke Co., VA.)