Obituary of James Boyd Pruett

Services for James L. Pruett, 77, Overton will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 24, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with Revered Charles Paschall officiating. Entombment will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Longview. Mr. Pruett died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Overton. He was born February 7, 1934 in Humboldt, Tennessee. He graduated Longview High School and married Joyce Driver April of 1998.  He is a veteran of the US Army and served two years in Germany. He retired from Texas Eastman after 22 years and he is a member of the First Baptist Church, Overton. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Pruett, Overton; a daughter, Jamie Pruett, Gladewater; four nephews, Donald Pickard and Kenneth Pickard, both of White Oak, Clarence Pickard, Whiteoak and Tom Pickard, Dallas; and a niece, Peggy Scott, Humboldt, Tennessee.  Honorary pallbearer will be Johnny Williams, Ott Bryan, C. R. Evans, Wayne Lacy, Dr. Jim Hamilton, Bill Steere and Reverend John H. Beard.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Wednesday, February 23.