‘Bobbie’ Pruett (9-11-11)

Beulah Flora Hebbring “Bobbie” Pruett died peacefully on Sunday, September 11, 2011.

She was born in Stanley, Wis., on May 14, 1917, and was the daughter of the late John Eugene and Ethel Flora Hebbring. She attended the Stanley public school system and Beulah Heights University (formerly Beulah Heights Bible College) in Atlanta, Ga., where she graduated Valedictorian with the class of 1940. She met her future husband, Ernest Paul Pruett, Sr. there and together they served God in the Georgia Assemblies of God Church organization for many years. Sister Pruett led the WMCs and was a tremendous leader, speaker and Sunday School teacher. Her love for God never faltered in her 94 years of life as was evidenced by her incredible prayers and sweet countenance.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Merle Eugene Hebbring and Wilford John Hebbring; sister, Wayverne Marie Hebbring Warner; and her husband, Ernest Paul Pruett, Sr.

Survivors include a son, Ernest Pruett, Jr. (Kathy), Commerce; daughters, Melanie Pruett (Larry Williamson), Griffin, Darlene Pruett (Mike Whitfield), Memphis, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Ernie Pruett III, Stacy Pruett, Michelle (Pruett) Brown and Justin Edwards; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews scattered across the country.

After the death of her husband in 2009, ‘Bobbie’ (named by her grandson, Justin) moved to Memphis to live the rest of her life with her youngest daughter, Darlene and son-in-law, Mike. She attended church at Hope Presbyterian and was much loved and cared for by family, friends and the incredible hospice staff of Methodist LeBonheur. She put a smile on the faces of those around her with her never failing wit and ability to belt out a heartfelt dinner prayer. She was a woman of strong faith with no doubt who holds tomorrow.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 14, at 10 a.m., from Conner-Westbury Funeral Home in Griffin. Entombment will follow at Westwood Gardens Mausoleum, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband of 42 years.

Friends may visit the family on Tuesday, September 13, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family would like to offer friends and acquaintances the opportunity to make donations in her memory to Memphis Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, Tenn., Commerce Baptist Church Music Ministry in Commerce; Hope Presbyterian Kitchen Ministry in Cordova, Tenn.

Conner-Westbury Funeral Home, 1891 West McIntosh Rd., Griffin, GA is in charge of arrangements.