Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by Richard Arnaud, Nov 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pruitt Family Bible. Acadia Parish, Louisiana * ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ * THIS Holy Bible PRESENTED To Father & Mother By Ora Elizabeth Pruitt THIS 13 DAY OF March 1954 At CITY Humble STATE Tex Father's Masonic Record Initiated Scyine Lodge Passed Transferred to Tannehill Lodge No. 52 Ap.1 Dallas Tex Name Willis Jackson Pruitt Address Orphans Home Station Dallas Tex Initiated Oct 20-1925 Entered Apprentice 1 Passed Nov. 24-1925 Fellowcraft 2 Raised Dec 22-1925 Master Mason 3 Lodge No,. 979 Humble Tex Name Henry Albert Pruitt Address Humble Texas Important Events IN OUR FAMILY'S HISTORY W. Grant Anderson, husband of Ora E. (Betty) Pruitt died on February 28, 1967. Buried Gulfport, Miss. Ora E. Pruitt Anderson married to Oscar Handy Bond on Nov. 16, 1974. Ferriday, La. Genealogy Record FAMILY REGISTER Parents MARRIED Sept. 29, 1907 Dallas, Texas DATE PLACE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Husband Henry Albert Pruitt March 13, 1889 Dallas, Texas DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH March 2, 1963 Humble, Texas (Rosewood Cem.) DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wife Mary Lois Banks Pruitt April 15, 1889 Crawford, Georgia DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL REMARKS: Celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 1957 with all children present except Mary Pruitt Murrdy who passed away on June 10, 1957. A wonderful event. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Children's Register ____________________________________________________________ NAME Mary Alee Pruitt DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH August 9, 1908 Dallas, Tex DATE OF MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE Dec. 23, 1944 Humble, Texas TO WHOM Gilbert Ernest Murray, Sr. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL June 10, 1957 Forest Park, Houston, Texas ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ NAME William David Pruitt DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH January 3, 1914 Dallas, Texas DATE OF MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE June 13, 1935 Humble, Texas TO WHOM Sadie Mary Broussard DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ NAME Emma Ophelia Pruitt DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH June 13, 1917 Dallas, Texas DATE OF MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE July 17, 1937 Humble, Texas TO WHOM Lee Elmer Theis DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ NAME Henry Albert Puritt, Jr. DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH August 26, 1923 Humble, Texas DATE OF MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE February 3, 1951 Crowley, La. TO WHOM Joanna Leigh Amy DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ NAME Ora Elizabeth Pruitt DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Feb. 21. 1929 Humble, Texas DATE OF MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE Dec. 10, 1955 Crowley, La. TO WHOM Wilbur Grant Anderson DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF BURIAL ---------------------------------------------------------------- Grandparents Willie Pruitt GRANDFATHER Father's Side _____________Pruitt GRANDMOTHER Father's Side Enoch Stephen English GRANDFATHER Mother's Side Martha Sarah Chainey English GRANDMOTHER Mother's Side Great Grandparents _____________English GREAT GRANDFATHER Father's Side GREAT GRANDMOTHER Father's Side Owen Chaney GREAT GRANDFATHER Mother's Side Elizabeth Calloway Channey GREAT GRANDMOTHER Mother's Side Important Events IN OUR FAMILY'S HISTORY Sept 29, 1957 - Golden Anniversary of Henry A. and Mary Lois Banks Pruitt. Nov. 12, 1978 - Mary Lois Banks Pruitt 90 years of age Baptised Humble (Houston) Texas. TITLE PAGE PRUITT BIBLE Records submitted by Jo-Anne Love Parrott Arnaud 224 East Fourth Street Crowley, LA 70526-5123 Phone # 318-783-5051 ACADIA CHAPTER DAR INDEX AMY Joanna Leigh - 6, 14 ANDERSON Ora E. Pruitt - 3, 12 W. Grant - 3, 12 Wilbur Grant - 6, 14 BOND Oscar Handy - 3, 12 BROUSSARD Sadie Mary - 5, 14 CHANEY Owen - 7, 15 Elizabeth Calloway - 7, 15 ENGLISH ? - 7, 15 Enoch Stephen - 7, 15 Martha Sarah Chainey - 7, 15 GEORGIA Crawford - 4, 13 ILLINOIS Chicago - 9 LOUISIANA Crowley - 6 (2), 14 (2) Ferriday - 3, 12 MISSISSIPPI Gulfport - 3, 12 MURRAY Gilbert Ernest, Sr. - 5, 14 MURRDY Mary Pruitt - 4, 13 PRUITT ? - 7, 15 Emma Ophelia - 5, 14 Henry A. - 8, 16 Henry Albert - 2, 4, 11, 13 Henry Albert, Jr. - 6, 14 Mary Alee - 5, 14 Mary Lois Banks - 4, 8 (2), 13, 16 (2) Ora E. (Betty) - 3, 12 Ora Elizabeth - 1, 6, 10, 14 William David - 5, 14 Willis - 7, 15 Willis Jackson - 2, 11 TEXAS Dallas - 2 (2), 4(2), 5 (3), 11 (2), 13 (2), 14 (3) Houston - 5, 8, 14, 16 Humble - 1, 2 (2), 4, 5(3), 6 (2), 8, 10, 11 (2), 13, 14 (5), 16 THEIS Lee Elmer - 6, 14 # # #