Mary Josephine Pruitt

Funeral Service for Mary Josephine Pruitt, age 85, of Oxford will be held Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary with Bro. Tommy Carr and Kevin Colburn Officiating. Burial will follow at Anniston Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1pm until service time at the funeral home. Ms. Pruitt passed away Monday at her home in Oxford.

She is survived by her daughters, Bonnie McCormick, Anita Colburn (Kevin), and Jami Stubbs (Kevin); grandchildren Teresa Sanders, Tracy Angle, Tony Angle, Terry Angle, Tommy Carr, Rodney McCormick, Timmy Carr, Mark McCormick, Serena McCormick, Jennifer Fisher, Kassidy Colburn, Kimberly Pearson, Peyton Sears, and Krimson Stubbs; several great-grandchildren; sister Sally Turner; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

She is preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda Angle; granddaughter Janie Marie Colburn; parents Harvey Pruitt and Annie Burton; and several siblings.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Carr, Timmy Carr, Rodney McCormick, Mark McCormick, Kevin Stubbs, Peyton Sears and Treaver Gaddy.

Known to her family as “Mawmaw”, Ms. Pruitt was born and raised in Calhoun County, where she worked at a textile mill for a time before investing all her energy into raising her family. She was a current member of First Congregational Methodist Church in Welborn. She enjoyed going out shopping with her friend Dot Anderson and listening to Christian gospel music. She loved reading and being outdoors but most of all, she loved and adored her children and grandchildren. Her life revolved around her family and she always seemed to look out after others and would put others before herself.

Mawmaw wanted nothing more than for everyone she knew just to have a good day. She will always be remembered for her gentleness, grace, and kindness toward others. She truly touched the lives of everyone she met, including strangers, and she also made the best homemade biscuits! She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and will be greatly missed.