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Laverne Pruitt

Mrs. Laverne Glass Pruitt,

78, of Caney, passed away on

Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at

Medical Park Hospital in Hope.

She was born on November

7, 1929, in Laneburg, to Henry

E. and Bertha Grimes Glass.

She was a homemaker and

mother and a seamstress and

caregiver. She was a member of

Morris Baptist Church in

Caney.

She was also a great cook

who loved to cook.

She was preceded in death by

her husband, Everett Pruitt, who

died in 1986; by one sister,

Barbara Glass and one greatgrandson,

Tyler Gourley.

Survivors include two

daughters, Shirla Brown and

Mike and Marcia Rhodes and

Bill, all of Caney; two sisters,

Geneva Hogans of Emmet and

Phene Cook of North Little

Rock; six grandchildren, Wayne

Robbins and Carrie of Genoa,

Scott Robbins and Michelle of

Laneburg, John Robbins of

Lumberton, Texas, Christy

Gourley and Wayne of Caney,

Brandon Rhodes and Shelly and

Michael Brown, all of Caney;

fifteen great-grandchildren, several

nieces and nephews and

other family and friends.

The funeral service will be 2

p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10, at

Morris Baptist Church in

Caney, with Revs. Tal Webb,

Sam Tamburo, and Raymond

Hicks officiating. Burial to follow

in Caney Cemetery in

Caney. The arrangements will

be by Brazzel/Cornish Funeral

Home in Prescott.

The family received friends,

Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 6-8 p.m.,

at Brazzel/Cornish Funeral

Home in Prescott.

The online guestbook is at

www.brazzelfuneralhomes.com