Ethel Jones Pruitt

Ethel Jones Pruitt, 89, formerly of Dunn Street, became an angel on Thursday night, February 25, 2010 at Morehead Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, March 1, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Overlook Cemetery. Mrs. Pruitt was born December 27, 1920 in Rockingham County (Draper), daughter of the late Earnest and Katie Chilton Jones. She was a member of Draper Christian Church and a retiree of Fieldcrest Mills, sheet finishing department. In her later years she worked in the food service department of Morehead Memorial Hospital. Surviving is her daughter, Brenda Blackwell and husband, Stanley of Eden; grandchildren, Keith Williams and wife, Kim, and Susan Lipford and husband, Jason; great-grandchildren, Jay and Hannah Lipford; sisters, Ruby Johnson, Peggy Perry of Eden, Joann Nichols of Rocky Mount, VA, and Nortia Koury of Deland, FL In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Pruitt; sisters, Mildred Roach, Doris Kennon, Margaret Mayes; and brother, James Jones. The family would like to express a special thanks to her caregiver, Rebecca Boone. Visitation will be held on Sunday evening, 6 - 8 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter at 1211 Ellett Ave. in Eden. Online condolences may be offered to the Pruitt family at www.fairfuneralhome.com