Okie Mae Pruitt (1919-2010)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Willie Elbert Cornett Okie Mae Pruitt Born: 26 Feb 1919, Smyth CO, VA 2 3 4 Marriage (1): Willie Elbert Cornett on 12 Jun 1939 in Alleghany Co, NC 1 Died: 30 Jul 2010, Alleghany Co, NC at age 91 3 4   Noted events in her life were: • Obituary. Okie Pruitt Cornett, age 91, of Sparta, died Friday, July 30. 2010 at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Cornett; a daughter, Carol C. Edwards; and a grandson, Greg Cornett. She was born Feb. 26, 1919 in Marion, Va. to Preston and Jennie Gullion Pruitt. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Aug. 1 at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel in Independence, Va. with burial in Cornett cemetery in Elk Creek, Va. The Rev. Eddie Foster officiated. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cornett Cemetery, c/o Detha Shepherd, 4503 Big Ridge Rd., Elk Creek, VA 24326. Okie married Willie Elbert Cornett, son of Wiley Montgomery Cornett and Cora Alice Hackler, on 12 Jun 1939 in Alleghany Co, NC.1 (Willie Elbert Cornett was born on 18 Feb 1914 in Grayson Co, VA 4 5 6 and died on 20 Jan 1978 in Alleghany Co, NC 4 6.)

1 North Carolina Registers of Deeds, "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741 - 2011" (Microlms, Record Group D48, North Carolina State Archieves, Raleigh, NC, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

2 Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.

3 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

5 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

6 North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Vital Records, North Carolina Vital Records, Ancestry.com (database on-line, Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007), Surety: 3.