Phil Allen Prather, 84, of Greenville, passed away on May 18, 2025, in Greenville, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Highland Terrace Baptist Church with Mr. Keith Davis, Mrs. Brittany Sims and Mr. Robert Pemberton officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Friday, May 23, 2025, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Interment will be in Vansickle Cemetery.
Phil was born on March 23, 1941, in Greenville, Texas to Edward ”Rusty” Prather and Margaret Spradling. He married his first love, Cynthia Carol ”Cindy” Johnson on August 22, 1970 in Greenville, Texas. He was a State Farm agent in Greenville for 35 plus years and most likely, he was probably your agent at some point. When most people would retire and enjoy easy street, not Phil Prather. He literally then decided to go ON the streets into law enforcement as a K-9 Handler for the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office until he retired at 81 years old, at that time he was the oldest, active handler not only in the State of Texas but the United States of America. During his time as a K-9 Handler, you would most likely recognize him in his second love in life, one of his duo Chevy Impalas, because why buy one, when you can buy two. And then his third love, Todd.
Phil most likely holds the Guinness World Record of the amount of people kissed on the lips whether you wanted it or not.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy Prather; son, Todd Prather; sister, Jill Chaney;
Grandchildren, Tanner Prather and Brylon Hill; nieces, Meredith Norton Lucas, Raven Johnson, Briana Stringer; and brother-in-law, Doyle Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved K-9’s, Dixie, Boomer, Amor and Bo Dog.
Pallbearers will be Brian Sims, Bill Sims, Kody Crumpton, Josh Richardson, Robert Pemberton and Joe Arp.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tanner Prather, Brylon Hill, Harold Roseberry, Kenneth Humble, Steven Sims, and his fellow Hunt County Sheriff’s Office brothers and sisters.
Hold on, I can’t hear you, let me turn my hearing aides up, do what Baby. Ok bye.
