Austin Pruitt

Funeral services for Austin Pruitt, 87, were held Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at the Washington Presbyterian Church with Rev. Glenn Kohlhagen and Rev. Stan Sizemore officiating. Interment was in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington. He died Sunday, August 31, at his home.


Mr. Pruitt was a native of Donalds, S.C., and the son of the late D.O. and Mary Agnew Pruitt. He had lived in Wilkes County for 61 years. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from North Carolina State where he graduated as a State Board Registered Forester. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society at the university. After 39 years of service, Mr. Pruitt retired from Champion International Paper Company as a regional manager. He was a member of the Washington Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder, Sunday School teacher, and treasurer for many years. He served in the United States Air Force for four years during World War II as a pilot instructor and had been a member of the Lions Club.


Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Sara Johnson Dillard Pruitt of Washington; a daughter, Daphne D. Albertson, and her husband Steven Albertson of Washington; a granddaughter, Christina M. Albertson, Washington; a son, Ewing Dillard, and his wife Debby V. Dillard, of Sharpsburg; two stepgrandchildren, Kimberly and Brent Washington; and three step-greatgrandchildren.


Pallbearers included Jerrel Pharr, Jim Pixley, Blakey Brown, Charles Howell, Dave Olmstead, and Lewis Brown.


Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington Presbyterian Church, 206 E. Robert Toombs Ave., Washington 30673.


Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements. 
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