Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Teague Chronicle
January 10, 2008 edition




ROSIE MARIE PRUITT


Mrs. Rosie Marie (Pounds) Pruitt, of Buffalo, Texas, passed away on Friday, 
January 4, 2008, in Waco, Texas. She was 81 years old.

Mrs. Pruitt was born on February 12, 1926, in Keechi, Texas, to Randolph 
Benjamin and Nancy Etta Whitley Pounds. She worked as owner/operator of 
Pruitt’s Dry Cleaners, retired.

Funeral services for Mrs. Pruitt were held on Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Bethel 
Baptist Church. Bro. Larry Morris officiated and interment was at Oakwood 
Cemetery in Oakwood, Texas.

She is survived by her husband Arthur Lee Pruitt of Buffalo; her son Gene Pruitt 
and wife Darla of Buffalo; daughter Brenda Kelso and husband Tally of Llano; 
brother William Randolph Pounds and wife Anna of Arlington; sister Viola Lee of
Buffalo; grandsons Tony Kelso and wife Colette, Troy Kelso and wife Gennie, 
Kevin Kelso and wife Cristy and Gene Pruitt, Jr. and wife Leah and eleven great 
grandchildren.

Mrs. Pruitt was preceded in death by her parents; her brother George Robert 
Pounds and her sister Katie Mae Stone.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Pruitt were Tony Kelso, Troy Kelso, Kevin Kelso, Gene 
Pruitt, Jr., Tommy Davis and Corey Cunningham.

Memorial Funeral Home of Buffalo was in charge of the arrangements.

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Fairfield Recorder
January 12, 2008


Rosie Marie Pruitt

Funeral services were held last Sunday for Rosie Marie Pruitt, 81, of Buffalo 
who died Friday, Jan. 4 in Waco.

Mrs. Pruitt was born on Feb. 12, 1926 in Keechi to Randolph Benjamin and Nancy
Etta Whitley Pounds.

Services were held at 2 p.m. on Jan. 6 at Bethel Baptist Church in Oakwood with 
Larry Morris officiating.

Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Tony Kelso, Troy Kelso, Kevin Kelso, Gene Pruitt, Jr., Tommy 
Davis and Corey Cunningham.

Mrs. Pruitt is survived by husband Arthur Lee Pruitt of Buffalo; son Gene Pruitt 
and wife Darla of Buffalo; daughter Brenda Kelso and husband Tally of Llano;
brother William Randolph Pounds and wife Anna of Arlington; sister Viola Lee of 
Buffalo; grandsons Tony Kelso and wife Colette, Troy Kelso and wife Gennie, 
Kevin Kelso and wife Cristy, and Gene Pruitt, Jr. and wife Leah; and 11 great-
grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents Randolph Benjamin and Nancy Etta Whitley
Pounds; brother George Robert Pounds; and sister Katie Mae Stone.

Arrangements by Memorial Funeral Home of Buffalo.