Edlay Berry Pruitt

Franklin, NC - Edlay Berry Pruitt, age 88, of Sugarfork Road, Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, December 26, 2009 at a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, NC the daughter of the late William Jack and Annie Gertrude Coggins Berry.She was married to the late Fred Pruitt. She was a homemaker and a member of Sugarfork Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother and loved to sew and gardening.

She is survived by two daughters, Maxine Passmore of Sylva, NC and Margie Pruitt of Franklin, NC; one son, David Pruitt and his wife Sylvia of Henderson, Nevada; four sisters, Marie Hedden and Mattie Devlin of Candler, NC, Virginia Dills and Martha Dowdle of Franklin, NC; one brother, William A. Berry of Franklin, NC. Four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by a son Charles "Bobby" Jackson Pruitt; two sisters, Elmira Hedden and Lora Hedden; three brothers, William Edward Berry, William J. Berry and William Jack Berry, Jr.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 29 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home with Rev. Alton Dendy officiating. Burial will be at Jennings Cemetery. Billy Reynolds, Bill Pruitt, Rick Berry, Sammy Hedden, Ernest Taylor and David Scott will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 29 from 1:00-2:00 pm at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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