Mr. Ricky E. Pruitt, 68, of Glencoe, passed away Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at Collier-Butler Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Harold Daugherty officiating. Burial will be at Mount Pisgah Cemetery with military honors.
Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services will direct.
Ricky was a Marine Corps retiree, having served his country in the Vietnam War. He loved tending to his garden and his chickens.
Ricky loved the Lord and served him to the best of his ability. He was a great husband, father, paw paw, brother and friend to all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Evelyn Pruitt; father, Johnie Pruitt; brother, Charlie Pruitt; and son, Ricky Pruitt II.
Survivors include his wife, Teresa Pruitt; sons, Ryan Pruitt, Andrew (Destinee) Pruitt and Jeff (Bonnie) Ragan; daughter, Laura (Tony) Goza; grandchildren, Riley and Chloie Ragan, Lane and Gauge Goza and Brantly Pruitt; brother, Ronny (Donna) Pruitt; sisters, Wanda (Randy) Gilliland, Patricia (David) McBurnett and Verlene (Lanier) Cobb; stepmother, Mary Pruitt; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be members of the family.
Honorary pallbearers will be all fellow Marines.
Special thanks to the nurses and staff at UAB SICU.
The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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