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Pruitt, M.M.

Pruitt, M.M.



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Pruitt, M.M.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Pruitt, Charles Eugene 'Gene' was born on 8 Jun 1936 in Illinois (son of Pruitt, Arthur G. 'Babe' and Benefield, Bernice); died in 1968 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: PRUI.C003
    • _FGRAVE: 192466661
    • Military Service: United States Army

    Charles + Welty, Patricia Ellen. Patricia (daughter of Welty, John and Smith, Ruby Althea) was born on 9 Jun 1940 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 19 Dec 2000 in Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Dec 2000 in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Welty, Patricia EllenWelty, Patricia Ellen was born on 9 Jun 1940 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois (daughter of Welty, John and Smith, Ruby Althea); died on 19 Dec 2000 in Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Dec 2000 in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: WELT.P002
    • _FGRAVE: 21120807
    • Funeral: 22 Dec 2000, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois

    Notes:

    She was a member of the Flora Eagles Ladies Auxiliary.

    Children:
    1. 1. Pruitt, M.M.
    2. Pruitt, S.
    3. Pruitt, R.
    4. Pruitt, B.
    5. Pruitt, R.
    6. Pruitt, D.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Pruitt, Arthur G. 'Babe'Pruitt, Arthur G. 'Babe' was born on 13 Feb 1910 (son of Pruitt, Nelson and Carlisle, Martha Elizabeth); died on 28 Apr 1998; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: PRUI.A001
    • _FGRAVE: 26984449
    • Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Company A, 712th Railway Operating Battalion, United States Army

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Entered active service as a draftee on January 26, 1944 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Selected for the Transportation Corps, completed basic training, and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Railway Section Hand (MOS 199). Departed the Continental U.S. on October 22, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company A, 712th Railway Operating Battalion, in the Ardennes and Rhineland Campaigns. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on December 14, 1945 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. Earned The Distinguished Unit Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, and the WWII Victory Medal.

    Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2284032

    (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

    Arthur + Benefield, Bernice. Bernice (daughter of Benefield, Charles 'Charlie' and Welch, Eva M.) was born on 15 Oct 1917; died in Mar 1977; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Benefield, Bernice was born on 15 Oct 1917 (daughter of Benefield, Charles 'Charlie' and Welch, Eva M.); died in Mar 1977; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BENE.B001
    • _FGRAVE: 26984459

    Children:
    1. 2. Pruitt, Charles Eugene 'Gene' was born on 8 Jun 1936 in Illinois; died in 1968 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Welty, JohnWelty, John was born on 8 Jan 1912 in Illinois; died on 2 Mar 1984; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: WELT.J003

    John + Smith, Ruby Althea. Ruby was born on 15 Sep 1909 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 25 Jan 1978 in Salem, Marion County, Illinois; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Smith, Ruby AltheaSmith, Ruby Althea was born on 15 Sep 1909 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 25 Jan 1978 in Salem, Marion County, Illinois; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: SMIT.R009
    • _FGRAVE: 21121007

    Notes:

    Ruby Althea Welty, Rt 1, Flora, died at Salem Memorial Hospital today at 12:45 a.m. She was 68.

    She was born Sept. 15, 1909 in Flora to Arthur and Nellie Smith. On Apr;il 11, 1936 in Salem, she married John Welty.

    She is survived by her husband John of Flora, sons, Dr. John H Welty, TerreHaute, Ind., and Dr Stephen Welty, Salem; daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Jean) Owens, Clay City, Mrs. Patricia Pruitt, and Mrs Donald (Linda )Boyd all of Clay City, and Ruth Ann Welty, Flora: a brother Norman R. Smith, Flora: a sister, Mrs. Edgar (Winifred) Smith, Flora; and 13 grandchildren.

    Services will be at the Cardascio Funeral Home, Flora, with visitation. Burial will be in Rusk Cemetery in rural Flora.

    Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Jan, 1978.

    Children:
    1. Welty, John A. 'Jack' was born on 5 Dec 1936; died on 16 Mar 1990; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    2. Welty, Jeannie Althea was born on 30 Nov 1937 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 25 Apr 2004 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 29 Apr 2004 in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    3. 3. Welty, Patricia Ellen was born on 9 Jun 1940 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 19 Dec 2000 in Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Dec 2000 in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    4. Welty, Ruth Ann was born on 5 Nov 1943 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 20 Feb 2008 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 1 Mar 2008 in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    5. Welty, S.E.S.
    6. Welty, L.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Pruitt, Nelson was born on 21 Jan 1877 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 30 Oct 1928; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: PRUI.N001
    • _FGRAVE: 36355423

    Nelson + Carlisle, Martha Elizabeth. Martha (daughter of Carlisle, James Madison and Stokes, Mary Ann Rebecca) was born on 27 Oct 1881; died on 19 Nov 1964 in Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Carlisle, Martha Elizabeth was born on 27 Oct 1881 (daughter of Carlisle, James Madison and Stokes, Mary Ann Rebecca); died on 19 Nov 1964 in Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: CARL.M005
    • _FGRAVE: 36355507

    Children:
    1. Pruitt, D.
    2. Pruitt, E.
    3. Pruitt, R.
    4. Pruitt, Raymond was born in Sep 1898.
    5. Pruitt, Bessie M. was born on 25 Dec 1900; died on 27 Nov 1983; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois.
    6. Pruitt, Clyde H. was born in 1908; died in 1962; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.
    7. 4. Pruitt, Arthur G. 'Babe' was born on 13 Feb 1910; died on 28 Apr 1998; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.
    8. Pruitt, Mary L. was born in 1914; died in 2004.
    9. Pruitt, Gladys Mildred was born in 1923; died in 2016.
    10. Pruitt, Evelyn was born in 1926; died in 2016.

  3. 10.  Benefield, Charles 'Charlie' was born on 17 Dec 1878; died on 11 Jun 1946; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: BENE.C003
    • _FGRAVE: 24037183

    Charles + Welch, Eva M.. Eva was born on 20 May 1894; died on 2 Sep 1976; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Welch, Eva M. was born on 20 May 1894; died on 2 Sep 1976; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: WELC.E007
    • _FGRAVE: 37443801

    Children:
    1. Benefield, Lowell Lindell 'Pete' was born on 5 Feb 1913; died on 18 Oct 1965; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois.
    2. Benefield, George Lowden was born in 1916; died in 1929.
    3. 5. Benefield, Bernice was born on 15 Oct 1917; died in Mar 1977; was buried in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois.
    4. Benefield, Pearl Idele was born on 20 Jul 1919 in Winterrowd, Effingham County, Illinois; died on 9 Oct 2020; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois.
    5. Benefield, Lyle Jarrot was born in 1921; died in 2008.
    6. Benefield, Alice E. was born in 1925; died in 2011.
    7. Benefield, Charles R. was born on 18 Feb 1928; died on 3 Dec 1953; was buried in Ingraham Cemetery, Ingraham, Clay County, Illinois.



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