Wayne Drummon Pruitt

Wayne Drummond Pruitt died Sunday November 02, 2014 in hospice at St. Vincent's in Hot Springs. Born October 23, 1928 to parents Callie Morgan Pruitt and Joseph Melton Pruitt in Duncan Oklahoma, Wayne graduated from Duncan High School in 1946 and from Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) with a degree in forestry in 1950. Wayne achieved Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America; in 1943 he was a camper at Philmont Scout Ranch and for three summers during college worked at Philmont as a ranch hand. He served in the U. S. Army from 1950-1952. A long time resident of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, he was a member of the Murfreesboro First United Methodist Church. Also a member of the Murfreesboro Lion's Club, Wayne had perfect attendance at Club meetings for over twenty six years and served the club in most every officer capacity. In 1983 he was named the "Citizen of the Decade" by the Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce for his many volunteer acts in the community. He organized the Boy's Baseball Association in the late 1950's soon after moving to the area. Mr. Pruitt retired from a thirty-five year career with International Paper Company in 1985. Wayne, an avid fisherman and outdoorsman, also loved quail hunting. He made many happy trips out in the west hiking, camping and fishing his way through New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Joe Morgan Pruitt of Duncan Oklahoma, his sister Vernelle Pruitt of Houston, Texas, and his son, Joseph Morgan Pruitt. He is succeeded by two daughters, Sarah Pruitt Campbell and husband, Richard, of Charlotte, North Carolina and Mary Sue Pruitt of Knoxville, Tennessee. He also leaves two grandsons, Andrew Templeton and wife, Amanda, of Chicago, Illinois and Thomas Campbell of Charlotte, North Carolina. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at the First Methodist Church in Murfreesboro with Brother Bruce Short officiating. Burial to follow in Murfreesboro Cemetery under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home, Murfreesboro. Visitation will be from 10 a.m to 11 a.m. before the service in the church. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to "Memorial Fund" at First United Methodist Church, 403 2nd Avenue, Murfreesboro, Arkansas 71958. You may send an online sympathy message to www.latimerfuneralhome.com.