Dollie B. Pruitt, 89

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. - Dollie B. Pruitt, 89, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. She was 89.

Born May 11, 1917, in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Annie Angle. Her husband, John Insley Pruitt, died Feb. 24,1983.

She was a homemaker and a member of Swain Memorial United Methodist Church on Tangier Island. She also was a member of the former Daughters of the American Revolution on Tangier. She was a very dedicated and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by two sons, Roland W. Pruitt of Tangier Island and John I. Pruitt and his wife Judy, of Suffolk, Va.; seven grandchildren, Philip "Nanner" Pruitt of Westover, Md., Cindy Parks of Tangier Island, Todd Pruitt of Suffolk, Lori Pruitt of Baltimore, Tina Pruitt of Crisfield, Mark Pruitt of Crisfield and Lisa Pruitt of Crisfield; and several great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Philip M. Pruitt in 1970; two brothers, Charles and Norris Angle; and a granddaughter, Diane Pruitt.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, at Swain Memorial United Methodist Church on Tangier Island. The Rev. John Jones and Mrs. Jean Crockett officiated. Burial was in the Pruitt Family Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to Swain Memorial United Methodist Church Health and Welfare Fund, P.O. Box 199, Tangier, VA 23440, or Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 201 Hall Highway, Crisfield, MD 21817.

Arrangements were in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield.