Freestone County, Texas
Obits



Midland Reporter Telegram Obituary Notice dated May 17, 1999:
(Submitted by Mike Pruitt on 16 May 2006)

Mr. E. B. Pruitt

E.B. Pruitt, 77, of Midland, Texas died Sunday May 16, 1999, at Memorial
Hospital. He was born May 2, 1922, in Freestone County, Texas, where he was
raised and educated. He met and later married Dessie Marie Bailey on August 9,
1942. He was transferred to Midland in 1960 with Texaco and retired from Texaco
in 1978. He was an active member of Crestview Baptist Church and Texaco
Retirement Club. Survivors include his wife, Dessie Pruitt of Midland; a
sister, Pug Horton of Fairfield, Texas; a son, Donnie Pruitt and his wife Linda
of Midland; two daughters, Becky Childers of Colorado and Cherry Head and her
husband, Ira, of Mississippi; five grandchildren, Carrie Childers and Kim
Smarr, both of Colorado, Marcy Neatherlin and Shauna Pruitt, both of Midland,
Benjamin Head of Mississippi; and three great grandchildren, Justin Childers
and Madyson Smarr, both of Colorado, and Baily Neatherlin of Midland. Services
will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Larry
Ashlock, of Crestview Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in
Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home. Visitation
with the family will be Monday from 7-9 p.m. in Ellis Funeral Home. Pallbearers
will be Paul Neatherlin, Ira Head, Bob Cox, Ken Marks, Danny Skaggs and Gary
Pruitt. Honorary pallbearers are members of his Sunday School Class. In lieu of
flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Crestview Baptist Church
Building Fund, 3300 Thomas, Midland, Texas 79703.

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Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
Odessa American Online - May 17, 1999 edition


                                E.B. Pruitt
                                      
     MIDLAND — E.B. Pruitt, 77, of Midland, a retired employee of
    Texaco, died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Memorial Hospital and Medical
                                  Center.
                                      
   Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with
    the Rev. Dr. Larry Ashlock officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven
             Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home.
                                      
    He was born in Freestone County and moved to Midland in 1960. He was
                                  Baptist.
                                      
      SURVIVORS: Wife, Dessie Pruitt of Midland; son, Donnie Pruitt of
     Midland; daughters, Becky Childers of Colorado and Cherry Head of
    Mississippi; sister, Pug Horton of Fairfield; five grandchildren and
                         three great-grandchildren.