Husband: Claude Okey Prunty 1
Born: Feb-12-1898 2,3
Died: Jul-18-1987 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,5,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8
Occupation: farmer, teacher (Ritchie Co), director of Community Bank of Pennsboro 8
Education: West Virginia University 8
Father: Lee Prunty (1869 - 1950)
Mother: Emma F. Nutter (1870 - 1953)
Wife: Clarice Gertrude Pratt 1,9 Also known as: Gertrude Pratt 8,2,10,11,9 Married: Jul- 7-1930 1
Born: Jan-30-1907 at Camp Mistake, Doddridge Co, WV 8,1,2,3 Died: Apr- 7-1978 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 12,1,2,3 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher, Ritchie County schools 8 Father: Emery Madison Pratt (1878 - 1948) Mother: Una Alverta Smith (1878 - 1951)
M Child 1: Claude O. "Tom" Prunty, Jr. 13,7 Born: Mar- 9-1933 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,14 Died: Dec- 7-2000 2 Resided: in Orma, Calhoun Co, WV 15 Resided: 1987, 90, 94 in Hamlin, Lincoln Co, WV 7,16,17 Resided: 1978 in Griffithsville, Lincoln Co, WV 13 Wife: Living
M Child 2: Emery Lee "Bud" Prunty 13,7 Born: May-13-1934 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Died: Jan- 4-2016 in Petersburg, Grant Co, WV 19 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Resided: in Petersburg, Grant Co, WV 8,13,7,20 Resided: 1958 in Ritchie Co, WV 18 Education: Pennsboro HS (1951), WVU (1955, BS in Animal Science), WVU (1966, MS in Extension Educ) 8 Occupation: West Virginia University Extension Service (30 yrs) 8 Military: U.S. Army (2 yrs) 8 Wife: Living
M Child 3: William Frank Prunty Born: Aug-24-1935 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Died: Mar-27-2011 8 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 8 Resided: formerly in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: 1978, 87 in Bethel Park, Allegheny Co, PA 13,7 Resided: (winters) in Lake Placid, Highlands Co, FL 8 Occupation: management at Equitable Gas Co in Pittsburgh 8 Education: Pennsboro H.S., Salem College (graduate), WVU (attended) 8 Military: WV National Guard 8 Wife: Living
M Child 4: Richard Pratt Prunty 13 Born: Aug-27-1936 2 Died: May- 6-2008 in New York 21,2 Resided: in Ardsley, Westchester Co, NY 2 Resided: 1978, 87 in Springfield, Hampden Co, MA 7 Education: West Virginia University, Univ of Massachusetts (masters in educ) 8 Military: U.S. Army (Germany) 8 Occupation: science teacher, guidance counselor 8
F Child 5: Carol Jacqueline Prunty Born: Nov-18-1937 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 8,22 Died: Apr- 3-2013 8 Buried: in Eastlawn Memory Gardens, Brunswick, Medina Co, OH 8 Resided: in Hinckley, Medina Co, OH 8,13,7,20 Resided: 1959 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Occupation: elementary school teacher, North Royalton and Highland School District Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Randy E. Prunty, Descendants of Barnabus Prunty (self-published) (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Obituary - Nursing home, Some researchers have reported Claude O. Prunty's death as occurring on Jul 19 1987 in Doddridge County. But his obituary states that he "died Tuesday, July 21, in Heartland of Clarksburg." July 21st did fall on a Tuesday in 1987. (5) Social Security Death Index, Name listed in SSDI as "C. Prunty" (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Obituary of father. (8) Obituary. (9) Obituary of daughter. (10) Marriage record of son. (11) Obituary of son. (12) Obituary - Nursing home. (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Cabell County Marriage Records, Huntington, WV. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (16) Obituary of aunt. (17) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (19) Obituary - At home. (20) Obituary of brother. (21) Obituary, Excerpts: "Richard Pratt Prunty, erudite, sesquipedalian, ebullient, chaetophorous, neo-luddite bibliophile --above all, beloved father, brother, and friend. We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of this scholarly, enthusiastic, bearded, polysyllabic-word-using, technology-doubting lover of books and knowledge. Pratt was a dedicated educator, an avid golfer, a political enthusiast, a committed social activist, an undiscriminating collector and a life-long Democrat.... Left to look up their own words are...." (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.