Austin Pruitt

Mr. Austin Agnew Pruitt, was born November 14, 1920 in Donalds, South Carolina and died August 31, 2008 at home.He was the son of the late D.O. and Mary Agnew Pruitt and had lived in Wilkes County for 61 years.He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from NOrth Carolina State where he graduated Phi Kappa Phi and was a State Board REgistered Forester.After 39 years of service, Mr. Pruitt retired from Champion International Paper Company as a Regional Manager.He was a member of Washington Presbyterian Church, where he served as an Elder, Sunday School Teacher and Treasurer for many years.Mr Pruitt served in the U. S. Air Force for four years, during WWII, as a pilot instructor and he was a member of the Lions Club.Funeral services will be Tuesday at 4:00pm in the Washington Presbyterian Church with Rev. Glenn Kohlhagen and REv. Stan Sizemore officiating.Interment will follow in Resthaven Cemetery.Gerald Pharr, Jim Pixley, Blakey Brown, Charles Howell, Dave Olmstead, Carlton Norris and Lewis Brown will serve as pallbearers.The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home.Survivors include his wife of forty-four years, Sara Johnson Dillard Pruitt, of Washington; one daughter, Daphne D. Albertson and husband, Steven, of Washington; one granddaughter, Christina M. Albertson; one son, Ewing Daniel Dillard and wife, Debby V. Dillard, of Sharpsburg; two grandchildren, Kimberly and Brent Washington; three great grandchildren; one niece, Lynne Pruitt Temko, and husband, Joe; and two great nephews.