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1. Edmond Prentice was b. at an unknown date and place. He was living in Tyler, Smith Co., TX, when his son, Sirlister, was b. on 5 Apr 1942.

He m. Hazel Moore. Childen per obituary of Sirlester Leroy Prentice, below:

1. Sirlister Leroy Prentice, b. 5 Apr 1942, Tyler, Smith Co., TX, and d. 17 Sep 2005, Ardmore, OK. His obituary reads as follows:
   Sirlister Leroy Prentice: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
   Daily Ardmoreite, The (Ardmore, OK) - September 22, 2005

   BULLARD, Texas -- Graveside services for Sirlister Leroy Prentice, Ardmore, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at New Hope Cemetery in Bullard, Texas. Advertisement

   Born on April 5, 1942, in Tyler, Texas, to Edmond and Hazel Moore Prentice, he departed this life on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, in Ardmore. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

   He attended Stanton High School in Bullard. In 1960, Sirlister met and married Georgia Lee Hunnicutt. To this union four children were born, Cindy Cooper and husband, Milton, Sharon Milton and husband, Ray, Maria Sirles and husband, James, and Vicki Walton and husband, Mike. He also had a stepson, Tony Hunnicutt and wife, Shirley; and a son, Jerome Nolan, from a previous relationship.

   Other survivors include his father, Edmond Prentice Sr. and wife, Evelyn; and 10 siblings, Evangelist Josephine Thomas, Fort Worth, Texas, L.V. Oliver (Jessie) and Doris Holsinger, Los Angeles, Edmond Prentice and wife, Charolett, Donald Prentice and wife, Francis, and the Rev. Ronnie Jackson and wife, Sasha, all of Fort Worth, Ruthie Prentice, Frankston, Texas, Larry Prentice and wife, Carolyn, Jerry Jackson and Roland, all of Tyler, Winston Jackson Jr., Bobbie F. Prentice, Flint, Texas; and one great-aunt, Cordella Tilly, Tyler; several grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

   Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home will direct services.

   Sirlister m. Georgia Lee Hunnicutt c. 1960 and had 4 children:

   1. Cindy Prentice. She m. Milton Cooper.
   2. Sharon Prentice. She m. Ray Milton.
   3. Maria Prentice. She m. James Sirles.
   4. Vicki Prentice. She m. Mike Walton.

2. Josephine Thomas, Fort Worth, Texas,
3. Doris Prentice, b. 17 Sep 1945, Smith Co., TX. She m. L.V. Oliver (Jessie) Holsinger, Los Angeles,
4. Edmond Prentice, b. 20 Nov 1947, Smith Co., TX. He m. Charolett, Fort Worth, TX.
5. Donald Prentice and wife, Francis. Fort Worth, TX.
6. Sasha Prentice. She m. Rev. Ronnie Jackson, Fo0rt Worth, TX.
7. Ruthie Prentice, Frankston, Texas,
8. Larry Prentice and wife, Carolyn, Tyler, TX.
9. Jerry Prentice, Tyler, TX. She m. Roland Jackson.
10. Winston Jackson Jr.,
11. Bobbie F. Prentice, Flint, Texas.

Edmond Prentice does not appear in the 1920 or 1930 census in Smith Co., TX, and elsewhere in TX, and we have not been able to find him in any other databases to which we have access.

There seems to be a reasonable possibility that Edmond Prentice and his family are Negros. A search of the 1930 census for Smith Co., TX, where Edmond's son, Sirlister, was born, shows a number of Negro Prentices, but no white Prentices:

• Charley Prentice, b. c. 1870, TX, and his wife, Mary, and family.
• Charley Prentis, b c. 1891, TX, and his wife, Jessie, and family.
• John Prentice, b. c. 1880, TX, and hs wife, Cordita.
• Salina and Charlies Prentice, b. c 1900, Boardersin the home of John Alexander, Negro, b. c. 1855, AL.
• Elnora Prntis, b. c. 1888, TX, a servant in the home of Alex Woldert.
• Emma Prentis, b. c. 1858, TX, and her son, Wilbert, living in the home of Larkin Loflvin, Negro, b. cl 1890, TX.
• West Prentice, b. c. 1853, TX, and his wife, Emer, and family, including a son, Sambo.

Earlier census years also show Negro families in Smith Co., TX.

Given the number of Negro families in Smith Co., TX, census records, and the absence of any non-Negro Prentice families in those records, there seems to be a reasonable possibility that Edmond Prentice and his family, had they appeared in 1930 census records, would have been classified in census records as Negros.

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