Pruitt Sr., James Armistead "Buddy"  
 	
GILMER -- Services for James A. "Buddy" Pruitt Sr., 86, of 
Gilmer, will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, December 17, 2006, at 
Croley Funeral Home Chapel, with Philip Bryant and Dean Haws 
officiating. Burial will follow in Pyland Cemetery of Marion 
County, Texas. Mr. Pruitt passed away on Friday, December 15, 
2006, in Gilmer. He was born January 28, 1920, in Lassater, 
Texas, to James Ivy and Hattie Janet Bennett Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt 
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a wood yard foreman 
for International Paper Co. until his retirement, a former 
member of the Gilmer Lions Club, school board and city council 
member, and a member of First Baptist Church. He is survived by 
his wife, Rosie Lee Pruitt of Gilmer; sons and daughters-in-law, 
James "Buz" Pruitt Jr. of Gilmer, and Alan and Deana Pruitt of 
Gilmer; daughters and son-in-law, Janidell and Philip Bryant of 
Kelsey Community, and Kathy Lindsey of Gilmer; eight grandchildren 
and their spouses, Amanda and Ennis Gage, Jared and Brandi Bryant, 
Misti and Eric Mills, Matthew Lindsey, Ashley Pruitt, Adam Pruitt, 
Anna Pruitt, and Alise Pruitt; and three great-grandchildren, 
Colton Gage, Elizabeth Mills, and Alaina Mills. Pallbearers will 
be Jared Bryant, Matthew Lindsey, Adam Pruitt, Colton Gage, Eric 
Mills, and Ennis Gage. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Calvert, 
Herbert Young, Bo Willis, Scott Green, Al Glen Hart, Weldon Cook, 
and Bud Barnhart. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, 
December 16, 2006, at the funeral home.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/16/2006.