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Boyd Pruitt

1927 - 2022

BORN

1927

DIED

2022

FUNERAL HOME

James A. Dyal Funeral Home

303 S. Main Street

Summerville, South Carolina

Boyd Pruitt Obituary

Boyd Pruitt Summerville - Entered into eternal rest on May 19, 2022, Boyd N. Pruitt, of Charleston, SC, Widow of the late Lewis W. Pruitt. The family will receive friends at her visitation on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 1 o'clock to 2 o'clock at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 South Main St., Summerville. A funeral service will be at 2 o'clock at James A. Dyal Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Dorchester Memory Gardens. Mrs. Pruitt was born April 19, 1927 in Griffin, GA, the Daughter of Marvin E. and Carrie Biles Norton. She was a 1944 graduate of Spalding High School in Griffin, GA, and attended Southern Business University in Atlanta, GA. Boyd and Lewis were married in Thomaston, GA in 1945. The family later relocated to Charleston, SC, where they remained life-long residents. She was a retiree of the Charleston Naval Shipyard, where she worked as Secretary and an Accounting Technician. She was an avid yard worker, loved growing flowers, and loved to dance. She was a member of Palmetto Land Baptist Church in Summerville, SC. She is survived by two Sons, Gary L. Pruitt and Wife, Ellen of Mt. Pleasant, SC; Jimmy B. Pruitt and Wife, Elizabeth of Beijing, China; three Daughters, Jeanne Summers of Greenville; Connie Johnson and Husband, David of Charleston, SC; Wanda Brown and Husband, Louis of Charleston, SC; eight Grandchildren; and ten Great-Grandchildren. She was predeceased by a Son, Dave Byron Pruitt. Visit our guestbook at legacy.com/obituaries/charleston

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from May 19 to May 20, 2022.

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Kathy Johnstone

May 21, 2022

Gary and Family, I´m so sorry for your loss. Mrs. Pruitt was an amazing woman and loved life. I pray that God will wrap his arms around you.

Faye Gates

May 20, 2022

I am so sorry for the loss of your Mom. She was always sweet and I know how she did love to dance. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

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