Willie B.

Pruitt

Deacon Willie B. Pruitt Jr. was born December 15,1948 in Lee County Marianna Arkansas to he union of Willie a. Pruitt Sr. and Johnetta Walton Pruitt. He passed on July 9, 2026 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Dan Hamblin, Otha Lee Pruitt and sisters Betty Hamblin, Rosie Styles, Ruby Brown and Diane Pruitt.

Deac. Pruitt was a member of the Jerusalem Baptist Church and ordained under the late Rev. H. M. Crenshaw. A member of the Jerusalem Male Chorus and attended Sunday School He worked various jobs including Crossing Guard forToledo Public Schools and lastly retiring from Kuku Toledo Stamping.

He attended public schools in Marrianna, Arkansas and later at Toledo Public Night School and Penta County.

He leaves to cherish his memory loving wife Angela; children: sons Ernest, Lamont, Aubrey Willie, Antoine daughters Catriva, Darla, April (James Jones), Shonedra, Re-Ann. Brothers James, Floyd, Robert, Alvin. Sisters Johnie, Helen, Barbara, lzola and a host of grandchildren, nieces and nephews and loving friends.