L. C. Pruitt

79, OF DESOTO, TX. L.C. WAS THE THIRD CHILD BORN OF SIX CHILDREN BORN TO LEONZA AND ESSIE MAE PRUITT. HE ACCEPTED CHRST INTO HIS LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE AND DEMONSTRATED A POWERFULL BELIEF AND FAITH IN GOD ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO GET HIS EDUCATION, AND OBTAINED DEGREES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND LAW. HE MET AND MARRIED BERNICE AND THEY BUILT THEIR LIFE IN CHICAGO, IL. THIS UNION WOULD LAST 47 WONDERFUL YEARS. L.C. WAS A PROMINENT AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. HE WAS VERY WELL RESPECTED THROUGHOUT CHICAGO. IN 1995, HE RETIRED TO DESOTO, TX., WHERE HE WOULD CONTINUE AS A BUSINESS AND LEGAL CONSULTANT. HE WAS MOST RECENTLY A MEMBER OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH. OUR BELOVED L.C. WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH OUR LORD ON SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013. L.C. LEAVES BEHIND TO CHERISH FOND MEMORIES, HIS WIFE BERNICE, HIS SON L.C. “LENNIE” PRUITT JR., HIS SISTER BETTYE J. WILSON, HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, CLARA PRUITT, MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND A HOST OF COUSINS AND FRIENDS, INCLUDING HE AND HIS WIFE’S SPECIAL FRIENDS, ERMA JOHNSON, LORA STALLINGS, AND BETTY ADGER. VISITAION AND FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY - JULY 26, 2013 IN THE CHAPEL OF WEST/HURTT FUNERAL HOME. INTERMENT IN THE DALLAS/FT. WORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY, 2000 MT. CREEK PKWY., DALLAS, TX WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY - JULY 30, 2013 AT 2:30 P.M. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS MEMORIALS OR DONATIONS BE MADE IN MR. PRUITT'S NAME TO THE SALVATION ARMY, P.O. BOX 36006, DALLAS, TX 75235-1006 OR 214-637-8100. PLEASE PROVIDE THE CHARITY WITH THE FAMILY'S NAME AND ADDRESS AND ALSO THE DONOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS SO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MAY BE SENT.