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Lenora Estelle Broadwell

• Birth*: Lenora was born on 2 Jun 1881 at Robeson County, NC.
• Death*: Lenora died on 10 Dec 1990 at Robeson County, NC, at age 109.

Parents:

Freeman Broadwell , Sr.

Broadwell Cemetery on Martin Pond Road

• Birth*: Freeman was born in 1791 at Wake County, NC.
• Marriage*: He married Emily Amelia Nichols on 7 Apr 1812 at Wake County, NC.
• Death*: Freeman died in 1890 at Wake County, NC.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Wake County, NC. On Martin Pond Road.

Parents:

Emily Amelia Nichols

• Birth*: Emily was born in 1797 at Wake County, NC.
• Marriage*: She married Freeman Broadwell , Sr., son of William Broadwell and Christian Liddell, on 7 Apr 1812 at Wake County, NC.
• Death*: Emily died in 1877 at Wake County, NC.

Mattie Lorene Owens 'Lorene'

• Birth*: Mattie was born on 5 Nov 1910.
• Marriage*: She married John Robert Taylor.
• Death*: Mattie died on 6 Nov 1981 at age 71.

Parents:

Rosa Mae Owens

• Birth*: Rosa was born on 23 Oct 1911.
• Death*: Rosa died on 8 Aug 1974 at age 62.

Parents:

Elbert Jackson Owens 'Bert'

Gravestone

• Birth*: Elbert was born on 11 Feb 1913.
• Marriage*: He married Vera G. ??
• Death*: Elbert died on 26 May 1986 at age 73.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA. Taylor Cemetery.

Parents:

Charles Steve Owens

• Birth*: Charles was born on 10 Jul 1914.
• Death*: Charles died.

Parents:

James Erroll Owens

• Birth*: James was born on 26 Jan 1921.
• Death*: James died on 9 Jul 1981 at age 60.

Parents:

Harry Van Owens

• Birth*: Harry was born on 15 Oct 1922.
• Death*: Harry died on 9 May 1942 at age 19.

Parents:

Aubie Lee McGough

• Birth*: Aubie was born on 18 Dec 1906 at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA.
• Death*: Aubie died on 15 Jul 1992 at Spencer, LA, at age 85.

Kermit Clyde Robideaux 'Clyde'

• Birth*: Kermit was born on 21 Nov 1914.
• Death*: He died in Aug 2001 at San Antonio, TX, at age 86.

Parents:

Wilton Windel Robideaux

• Birth*: Wilton was born on 26 Sep 1924.
• Death*: He died on 7 May 1999 at age 74.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Acadia Parish, LA. Ebenezer Cemetery.

Parents:

Dewey Vaughn Everett , Sr.

Gravestone

• Birth*: Dewey was born on 22 Apr 1923 at Spearsville, Union Parish, LA.
• Death*: He died on 30 Oct 2002 at Bay Minette, Baldwin County, AL, at age 79.

Parents:

Margie Everett

Gravestone

• Birth*: Margie was born on 23 Sep 1912 at Union Parish, LA.
• Marriage*: She married Robert Hugh Barron on 24 Dec 1939.
• Death*: Margie Everett died on 5 Apr 1993 at Kennedale, Tarrant County, TX, at age 80.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Spearsville, Union Parish, LA. Spearsville Cemetery.

Parents:

Mildred Everett

Gravestone

• Biography*: Mulhearn Funeral Home
  West Monroe, LA
  
  Mrs. Mildred Everett Farrar Owens, 87, of West Monroe, LA died in Farmerville, LA after a lengthy illness on December 22, 2005. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 24, 2005 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe with Rev. Scotty Sanders officiating. Burial will be in the Hasley Cemetery.
  
  Mildred Everett was born July 30, 1918 in Spearsville, LA, the daughter of Willie W. Everett and Rosa Reagan Everett. She graduated from Spearsville
  
  High School and Spencer Business College in Baton Rouge, LA. She married Herman W. Farrar and they lived in Baton Rouge, LA for thirty-two years, owning a parking lot next to the Capitol. She was a member of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. She worked at Baton Rouge General Hospital as a receptionist retiring in 1978. She moved to West Monroe, LA in 1978. Several years after Herman's death, she married Ivan Owens and moved with him to the Luna Community. He died in 1998.
  
  Mrs. Owens was member of First Baptist Church in West Monroe, the Twin City Book Club and the D'Arbonne Hills Study Club. Her hobbies were painting, sewing, knitting, cross-stitch and reading.
  
  Mildred was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; her sisters, Margie E. Barron and Adaline E. Mayfield; her brothers, Melvin Everettt, Dewey Everett and Thomas Lane Everett.
  
  Mildred leaves behind one sister, Clemmie E. Tucker; two sisters-in-law, Althea Everett and Gertrude Everett; her caregivers nephew, Colvin K. and Letsy Everett and fifteen nephews and nieces.
  
  Mrs. Owens nephews will serve as pallbearers.
  
  Her family would like to thank her Doctors and the staff of Union General Hospital, also D'Arbonne Nurse Care and Timberlake Nurse Care for the many years of wonderful care they gave to Mrs. Owens.
  
  Planned memorials may be made to the Baptist Children's Home or to the Alzheimer's Association.
• Birth*: Mildred was born on 30 Jul 1918 at Spearsville, Union Parish, LA.
• Marriage*: She married Herman W. Farrar on 22 May 1937.
• Marriage*: Mildred Everett married Ivan D. Owens in Oct 1985.
• Death*: Mildred Everett died on 22 Dec 2005 at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA, at age 87.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA. Hasley Cemetery.

Parents:

Adelene Adaline? Everett

• Birth*: Adelene was born on 22 Dec 1920.
• Marriage*: She married Robert James Mayfield on 27 Feb 1943.
• Death*: Adelene Adaline? Everett died on 11 Oct 2004 at age 83.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Kennedale, Tarrant County, TX. Emerald Hills Memorial Park.

Parents:

Clementine Everett 'Clemmie'

Clemmie Tucker

• Biography*: Funeral services for Mrs. Clemmie E. Tucker, 90, will be held at 2:00pm Monday, October 26, 2015 at Farrar Funeral Home with Dr. Connie Ward officiating. Burial will be in Spearsville Cemetery under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home in Farmerville.
  
  Mrs. Tucker, a retired seamstress, went to her heavenly home October 21, 2015. She attended New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, enjoyed yard work, reading, cooking and being around her grandchildren.
  
  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, "Squibb" Tucker; 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
  
  Left to cherish her memory is her son, Stephen G. Tucker & wife, Rosemary of Farmerville; 4 grandchildren: Tonya K. Tucker of Tampa, FL, Lonnie E. Tucker & wife, Ginna of Jacksonville, FL, Tiffany J. Tucker of Farmerville, LA and Aaron M. Chen & wife, April of Baltimore, MD; 2 great grandchildren: Avery Tucker & Katie Chen; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
  
  Pallbearers will be Colvin K. Everett, Bud Farrar, Ronnie Bryant, Richard Farrar, Lonnie Tucker, Raymond Tucker.
  
  Visitation is 5:00-8:00pm Sunday at Farrar Funeral Home.
  
  Online messages for the family may be left at farrarfuneralhomeonline.
• Birth*: Clementine was born on 16 Aug 1925 at Lilly, Union Parish, LA. Spearsville?.
• Marriage*: She married Claudis Querry Tucker 'Squibb' on 2 Sep 1943 at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA.
• Death*: Clementine Everett 'Clemmie' died on 21 Oct 2015 at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA, at age 90.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Spearsville, Union Parish, LA. Spearsville Cemetery.

Parents:

Thomas Lane Everett

• Biography*: Farmerville Gazette 7/15/1999
  
  Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Lane Everett, 68, of Gilbertown, Alabama, were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at Phillips Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Clovis Lewis and Rev, B,A. Brown officiating, Interment followed in Gilbertown Cemetery.
  Mr. Everett, a native of Union Parish, died June 13 at his residence. He was the son of the late William Walter Everett and Rosa Reagan Everett. He was preceded in death by his wife, Aiin Scott Everett; parents; sister, Margie Barron; and brother, Melvin Everett.
  Survivors include his daughter, Rosalyn Pack of Ruston; brother, Dewey V. Everett of Bay Minette, Alabama: sister, Adaline Mayfield of Arlington, Texas, Mildred Owens and Clemmie Tucker, both of Farmerville, and grandsons, Thomas and David Pack. Other survivors include Turk Phillips and family and employees of Phillips Funeral home where Mr. Everett was a long-time employee.
• Birth*: Thomas was born on 20 Dec 1930 at Spearsville, Union Parish, LA.
• Marriage*: He married Ann Elizabeth Scott on 25 Dec 1951.
• Death*: Thomas Lane Everett died on 13 Jun 1999 at age 68.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Gilberton, Choctaw County, AL. Gilbertown Cemetery.

Parents:

Govan Reagan Andrews

Govan Reagan Andres during World War II

Govan Reagan Andres during World War II

• Birth*: Govan was born on 21 May 1919 at Farmerville, Union Parish, LA.
• Marriage*: He married Oma Lucille Russell in 1941.
• Residence*: Govan Reagan Andrews lived in 1957 at Pritchard, Mobile County, AL.
• Death*: Govan died on 13 Jan 1976 at age 56.
• Burial*: His body was buried in 1976 at Union Parish, LA. Liberty Hill (Taylor) Cemetery.

Parents:

Leemon Earl Green

Leemon Earl Green during World War II

Gravestone

• Birth*: Leemon was born on 18 Mar 1927 at Linville, Union Parish, LA.
• Marriage*: He married Joyce McGee.
• Death*: Leemon Earl Green died on 16 Dec 1976 at Assumption Parish, LA, at age 49.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Linville, Union PArish, LA. Liberty Cemetery.

Parents:

Ginger Lee Reagan

Gravestone

• Birth*: Ginger was born on 8 Mar 1944.
• Residence*: She lived in Feb 1979 at Shreveport, LA.
• Death*: She died on 16 Jan 2004 at Ruston, Lincoln Parish, LA, at age 59.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Linville, Union Parish, LA. Liberty Cemetery.

Parents:

Robert Green

Gravestone

Gravestone

• Biography*: Name Source: KOwens@theonramp.net.
• Birth*: Robert was born on 27 Nov 1774 at NC.
• Marriage*: He married Abigail Leonard circa 1809.
• Death*: Robert died on 25 Jul 1832 at Davidson County, NC, at age 57. Date Source: KOwens@theonramp.net.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Thomasville, Davidson County, NC. Pine Woods United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Abigail Leonard

Gravestone

Gravestone

• Biography*: Name Source: KOwens@theonramp.net.
• Birth*: Abigail was born on 21 Jun 1775 at NC.
• Marriage*: She married Robert Green circa 1809.
• Death*: Abigail died on 22 Nov 1857 at Davidson County, NC, at age 82. Date Source: KOwens@theonramp.net.
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Thomasville, Davidson County, NC. Pine Woods United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Precilla J. Jones? Dobson

• Biography*: Names variations: Priscella? Prissilla Priscilla?
  
  Name Source: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294. Prissilla J. Clodfelter from her father's, William Dobson, will.
  
  Gravestone has "Precilla Clodfelter, w/o D. Clodfelter, 20 Oct 1798 - 27 Feb 1840, ae 44y" [Note - This should be 42 years.].
• Birth*: Precilla was born on 20 Oct 1798.
• Marriage*: She married Daniel Clodfelter, son of Johann Peter Glattfelder or Clodfelter 'Peter' and Mary? Amelia Wagoner or Wagner 'Mealy', circa 1834.
• Death*: Precilla died on 27 Feb 1840 at age 41. Date Source: Gravestone.
  
  Date Source: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294 from a funeral plaque "Precilla D. Clodfelter, Died 1842, Age 45 years [calculated born is 1797]..
• Burial*: Her body was buried at Davidson County, NC. Fair Grove United Methodist Church cemetery, row 6, #11, beside her brother, William Dobson..

Parents:

Martha L. Larinda? Clodfelter

• Birth*: Martha was born in 1837.
• Residence*: She resided in 1860 at Davidson County, NC.
• Death*: Martha died after 1860.

Parents:

Elvira Evaline Clodfelter

• Biography*: Name Source: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294.
  Name Source: Gravestone has "Elvira E. Clodfelter"
  
  1900 census, she is living and unmarried.
• Birth*: Elvira was born on 13 Mar 1838 at Davidson County, NC.
• Residence*: She resided in 1900 at Davidson County, NC.
• Death*: Elvira died on 4 Jun 1906 at age 68. Date Source: Gravestone..
• Burial*: Her body was buried in 1906 at Davidson County, NC. Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church cemetery, row 13, #8, next to her 1/2 brother Daniel..

Parents:

James Ray Clodfelter

• Biography*: Name & Parents Sources: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294.
  
  Note, Source: Ray Von Clodfelter - My Grandmother was a teacher in the one room turn of the century school houses. She was not able to marry until her contract ran out, My grandparents were 42 years old when they got married in York SC. My grandfather courted my grandmother 25 years, before getting married.
• Birth*: James was born on 20 Aug 1888.
• Marriage*: He married Nannie Idell Hunt, daughter of George Hunt and Idell Harrison James, in Mar 1930 at York, York County, SC.
• Death*: James died.

Parents:

Nannie Idell Hunt

• Biography*: Name & Parents Sources: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294.
  
• Birth*: Nannie was born on 27 Dec 1888.
• Marriage*: She married James Ray Clodfelter, son of Daniel Alpheous Clodfelter and Laura Elizabeth Jane Darr 'Jane', in Mar 1930 at York, York County, SC.
• Death*: Nannie died.

Parents:

Donald Ray Clodfelter

• Biography*: Name & Parents Sources: Ray Von Clodfelter, Indiv.# 109294.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  THOMASVILLE - Mr. Donald Ray Clodfelter, 86, a resident of Old Greensboro Rd., died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at the Henry Etta & Bruce Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington.
  
  He was born on December 1, 1930 in Davidson County, NC to the late James Ray Clodfelter and the late Nannie Idell Hunt Clodfelter. He was a retired tobacco farmer, where he raised over 32 acres with his family. He was also a master carpenter. He was a member of Fairview United Methodist Church, where he was former chairman of the Board of Trustees, the church handyman, and former lay person of the year.
  
  
  
  
  
  On April 18, 1949, he married Geneva Everhart, who survives of the home; also surviving are his sons, Ray Von Clodfelter and wife Teresa of Thomasville and Dwight Clodfelter of the home; grandchildren, Jeremy Ray Clodfelter and wife Tracy and Jessica Renee Clodfelter, all of Thomasville; and great-grandchildren, Hunter Clodfelter and Sarah Clodfelter.
  
  A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:00 am at Fairview United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Ed McKinney and Rev. Tony Jordan officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Clodfelter will remain at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Online condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons.com.
• Birth*: Donald was born on 1 Dec 1930 at Davidson County, NC.
• Death*: He died on 5 Mar 2017 at Lexington, NC, at age 86.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Lexington, NC. Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Parents:

David Anthony Pruitt , Sr.

David Pruitt

Donna Smith marriage to David Anthony Pruitt. Picture Source: Ragan Pruitt, Indiv.#39418.

Grave marker

• Biography*: Name & Parents Sources: Ragan Pruitt, Indiv.#39418.
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  1955.
  David became a member of Audubon Forest Methodist Church which is now Hoosier Memorial United Methodist Church, 2545 Benjamin E. Mays Drive, Atlanta, GA 30311 on Jul. 24, 1955.
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  Occupation: He worked for Naturally Fresh, Inc., who sold salad dressings. He managed a fleet of 200 18 - 24 wheelers and traveled by company plane nationwide for inspections.
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        Eulogy By Dr. J. Howard Mills, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church,
        Bremen, Georgia
        David Anthony Pruitt
        June 5, 2005
  
        Thank you Bro Brian, Allison, Bobby, Lynn, congregation, Bro Larry. On behalf of the family, I would like to say on behalf of Mr. Pruitt, Sonny, Sister Donna, Andy and Leighanne, and the rest of the family, thank you for the calls, cards, beautiful flowers, food, and words of encouragement you have expressed to this family during their grieving, and time of release. But, Bro. David was ready to go. As Paul made a statement, Bro. David is absent from the body in the presence of the Lord.
        I thought about the day I visited David several times after he was bedridden. The last time I was in the room, and I told the family I was going on in, and they came in a few minutes later. I talked to him a few minutes and got ready to leave, reached over and kissed him on the forehead and had prayer just between me and him. I told Bro. David: I love you and we are going to see that your family is taken care of; and he whispered in my ear, and Bro. Sonny did not know when he told me what he did at home last night what a blessing that was, because he said Bro. Howard, David loved you and he still loves you. That day at the home when I prayed and whispered I loved him, he whispered in my ear: Bro., I love you and will always love you. I cherish that; I cherish this family.
        I want to share with you just a few thoughts this afternoon. The Bible tells us about a woman over in Jeremiah 15 verse 9. She was a mother of seven children; that she languished, so she hashed. But this is what sorter stuck out in my mind. In Jeremiah 5 verse 9 it says she has given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day.
        I think about Bro. David. He was 57 years old. Normally the Bible tells us we normally live three score and ten. David was cut short. His sun went down early. Throughout the Bible we find several things that talked about death. First, it refers to the fading of a flower, the falling of the leaves, or the setting of the sun. Here the sun set for this mother of of seven. As I thought about Bro. David, and as I thought about Sister Donna, Andy, Leighanne and the family, I thought about the setting of the sun, and want to share a couple of thoughts to all of you, because if David could say anything to all of you now, he would say, don’t wait until you are sick and afflicted to tell people you love them and they are special to you. Over and over again after Bro. David got sick, he would always tell you I love you, I love you. David was always a sweet sweet fellow, but I’m going to tell you through his affliction, I saw an even more mellow side of Bro. David. He was always so tenderhearted, but he was more tender after this. I believe he realized life is precious. Don’t take life for granted; it is like a vapor; it is here today and gone tomorrow.
        As I was up there the last time, Miss Donna came in, and David was in a semi-coma, and she said, David, honey, I love you, I love you David. And then in a little bit Andy came in. He said, Daddy, I love you; hear me, Daddy, I love you. Leighanne came in and said I love you, I love you. A loving family.
        Tell your children and your wife, folks, while you have them with you. That you love them. Pin flowers on them while you have them. Make the most of life; make the most of a forgiving spirit, and a going on for the glory of God. Don’t let bitterness over-take you; don’t let malice or hurts run you or spoil you, but you go on for the glory of God. That’s what Bro. David would say to everybody here today.
        As I thought about the rising and the setting of the sun, I realize the sun sets by appointment of God. Over in the Book of Genesis, God said: Let there be light and there was light. He lets the greater light rule by day and the lesser light rule by night. And the sun began to rise and began to set from that day. The sun rises and sets by appointment, but the sun for Bro. David has set, and when it comes to you and I in our life, the Bible says in Hebrew that the appointment for a man to lie in judgment, for surely as the sun is going to come up and as surely as the sun is going to set, one day you too will father rapture and will die. Oh, you will be found and you will die. Make sure you know Jesus Christ as your personal saviour. The sun has an appointment, but not only that it goes down for the benefit of the human race; the sun goes down so that you and I can lie down on our bed and close our eyes and get our rest and store up our energy for another day.
        I told Sister Donna as I was at Mr. Hightower’s the other night that he’s just resting; Christ says he’s just resting; but he’s going to be running all over glory, and I believe that with all my heart and all my soul. In a little while when I finish speaking, we’re going to let David speak to you through a song, the last song he sung at this church. That song is, "Somebody Touched Me". I thought about Bro. David and lay in my bed and wet my pillow case with tears. I thought, Oh yes, Oh yes, 57 years ago in his mother’s womb God toughed him and gave him life. He grew up and a little old Tennessee girl come along and God touched his heart. And then God touched him and gave him the ability to bring forth life himself and let him bring forth a strapling good looking son and a sweet daughter. He loved both with all his heart and with all his soul. God touched him.
        I remember the day when David had visited someone and came back and said, "Preacher, God touched me with salvation and I am saved." Oh, the touch of God. Somebody touched him; He knew, Bro. David knew who touched him. It was no other Than God Almighty. But for some reason, like the saint of old Job, God touched our beloved David with affliction and sickness because God knew David was going to be a good soldier of the cross. Oh, he always had that smile that could stop a freight train when he walked in this church. He was never down on being sick, never down on having that dreaded disease called cancer. I believe with all my heart and soul that God did touch him and God did heal him of that first stage of cancer, because they could not find any sign of it. I thought, Oh Lord, what can I say to Sister Donna and precious little Leighanne and Andy and the other part of the family. What can I say to them as their minister and who loved him and them dearly. Does God act as a practical joker? Does God heal you and then God takes it back? God seemed to give me a warm feeling all over and said: No, David was special and I wanted him to be one of my trophies to display my grace, my goodness, my love and my power with the reversal of having cancer. And David did always have a smile, always had something to say. And I am going to tell you something. That’s not the end of it. God did touch him with affliction: God did touch him with sickness. But one of these days, God is going to touch your Dad, your husband, your son and your brother with a glorified body that will be just Like the Lord Jesus Christ. God is still in the touching business, and he will touch your brother.
        I thought about that and then I thought about the sun often goes down too soon for us. I know that Bro. David knew for a good little while that the sickness was taking its toll and I know he was able to say things to his son, Andy, that he always wanted to say to him, that he might not have said if he did not know time was short at that particular time; I know he told Sister Leighanne that one of the hardest things about crossing over was that Daddy wanted to walk you down the aisle when that right man comes along. I know without a doubt in the early hours and late hours of life, he and Sister Donna talked about some secret things that belonged to them and just them alone. So he had a lot of time to say a lot of things, but he did not have the opportunity to say everything he wanted to say, because the sun went down too soon. For some unfinished tasks he wanted to do. He told me after he got sick when I was telling him about my basement enterprise over at my house and wanted to fix up my bathroom downstairs, and I would like to put some ceramic tile down there. David said that is my pet project; I love to put down ceramic tile, and I’m going o put that tile down when you get ready to put it down. Well, that’s an unfinished task that Bro David did not get to do here, but I know it’s just as good as being done because his heart was in it because that’s what he wanted to do. And he didn’t get to finish his worship like he wanted to do, because the last several weeks he didn’t get to come tio church and he didn’t get to sing with his beloved choir. He loved to stand up there and sing and lead the congregation so many times. So he didn’t get to finish his worship as he would like, but he is finishing that worship by singing in the heavenly choir, praising the name of the Lord.
        And I also thought the sun goes down to rise again. Oh, surely, as it goes down, it will come back up and one of these days Bro. David is going to be raised in splendor with that glorified body. He’s already seen his Mom; he’s already seen Miss Myrtle and Bro. Harvey, who have already gone before him. He’s already walked through each other’s mansions, and look up the who’s who and had some great conversations, but one of these days, one of these days. The sun will rise again, and the bodies will ascend to be with the Lord Jesus.
        I remember Bro. Harvey (David’s wife’s father) liked to get out and farm and work in his yard. I’ve never seen a farmer plant a seed in some fresh turned soil and weep as he put the seed in the ground. The reason he did not weep when he put the seed in the fresh turned ground, he knew something better was going to come up one day. Surely we will weep now; surely our hearts break; surely we have sadness now but we don’t have to weep like those who have no hope weep; because what we’re planting will come up again another day with a glorified body just like the Lord Jesus Christ.
        Bro. David, through all his sickness, God gave Bro. David special scriptures. He liked to read the Psalms, and through his sickness, Leighanne went to the Christian Bookstore and found it for him. He was claiming one verse of scripture: II Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a
  sound mind."
        David did not have a spirit of fear; he did not fear death; he did not want to leave his family; he didn’t want to leave things unfinished and undone. He did not fear death. God did not give him the spirit of fear, because he loved the Lord and knew where he was going, because his election and calling was made sure, because he was persuaded that God was able to keep that which was committed unto him against that Day. He did not have that spirit of fear.
        And I’ll tell you something else. David had the spirit of love. He was such a loving fellow. I don’t know what happened. Several years ago, Bro. David somehow got discouraged, with the battle with lupus and other things and all, and he got a little discouraged and got a little slack in church, etc., and he was thinking about not coming back, and I never did know what transpired, because we never talked about it But he got back, and got back in the choir, and I remember one Sunday morning Bro. David stood right along here in the pulpit and all the tears begun to run down his face and he said: I just want to tell you I love this church, and I love the people here, and I love you, Bro. Mills. I don’t know why I ever thought of leaving because this is the greatest church, the greatest bunch of people I know. It really touched my heart.
        One Sunday morning I was coming in and Bro. David was going out to go to the choir and I asked him something or said something to him and don’t remember exactly what is was all about now, and he had a lot on his mind, but he spoke to me real sharply. He said something back real short, and sharp. I went on into my study. In just a few minutes there was a sharp rap on the door, and I said come in. There stood Bro. David in the door with tears running down his face. He said, I don’t know why I said what I did. I love you. I love you. He had the spirit of love.
        He had the spirit of a sound mind. Bro. Bobby (Assoc. Pastor) said that in The Deacon’s and Trustees’ meetings he had a cool, calm and collected mind. We’ve gone through battles; your families have gone through battles; church Families have gone through battles; we’ve all gone through battles. There is something and it is greater now than it was then. He had a sound mind. He said,
  Preacher, he said, any old mule can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. Don’t let them kick you down, Preacher. I never have forgot that. It meant so much to me then and it means so much to me now. Bro. David was my friend.
        As we think about his sun going down, we have some light in Revelations: Whether our loved ones depart in the middle of the day, evening or night, one of these days we will see them again in a gloried body.
        Years ago a little 5 year old girl found a bird’s nest in her back yard in the bushes. And there were 4 speckled eggs in that bird’s nest and she was going down on a regular basis and looking at those eggs. And she had to go away a couple of days on vacation, Bible School, or something, and when she came back, all that was there were broken shells. The eggs were broken. She began to cry and she began to weep. And her brother came up and said what’s the matter. Mary said the eggs are broken and spoiled. Her brother, knowing what happened, he said, no, no, honey, the best part of the eggs have just taken wings and flew away. The best part of our Brother has just taken wings and flew away. This is not Bro. David; it is only a shell; the best part of Bro. David, his soul, has taken flight and one day will come back and be with us again.
        When I was up the other morning after Bro. David had passed and was talking to Sister Donna, Andy and Leighanne about the arrangements, Donna said, don’t let me forget before you leave, David had some money in his pocket he was going to give to the June Jubilee, that he was going to put it in when he came back. When I started to leave, she came and handed me the money and I put it in my coat pocket and when I got home I counted it – two dollars and sixty six cents. And I said, God makes no mistakes; it happens just to be happening. We believe around here every
  number in the Bible has a Biblical meaning, and I wondered what the number 266 means. I looked it up and searched it and no mention of 266 just like that. When I was in my study, I felt there was some significance to the number 266 cents that Bro. David had left. I looked at 266 and then at 26. Now, Bro David loved to sing and he will be singing in a few minutes, "Somebody Touched Me." The number 26 means The Gospel of Christ. And then I looked at the number 6 to make 266, and David knew who touched him: The God of Man; and the number 6 means the weakness of man. So that 2 dollars and sixty six cents that Bro. David gave to our June Jubilee represented that somebody by the name of God, The Lord Jesus Christ had touched him with the Gospel. It was not man, but none other than Lord Jesus Christ. That is what David thought of his Saviour.
        I close with this poem. It has title, "I Call It Home."
  When the sun sinks low in a rose tinted west
  And all God’s creatures seek shelter and rest
  With weary steps we seek our familiar place
  For a friendly welcome and a tender embrace,
  Tho far man may wander and long he may roam,
  He remembered his loved ones; he remembered home.
  So when our life’s work is finished and our sun is going down,
  When all our loved ones are gathered round,
  It’s like going home at the end of the day,
  And seeing our loved ones who passed on this way,
  Will be in their company and join their glad song
  Some call it heaven, but I just call it home.
  
  Will you listen now, as Bro. David speaks to you in song:
  
        SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME.
  
  (David was Deacon, Treasurer, Trustee, and Song Leader.)
• Birth*: David was born on 16 Nov 1947 at Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Place Source: Ragan Pruitt, Indiv.#39418..
• Christening: He was christened on 4 Apr 1948 at GA; at Mt. Vernon Church by Rev. Tom Watson.
• Residence: He resided in 1977 at Douglasville, Douglas County, GA.
• Residence*: He lived in 2005 at Bremen, GA, From 1992.
• Death*: David died on 3 Jun 2005 at GA at age 57. From brain cancer.
• Burial*: His body was buried on 5 Jun 2005 at Bremen, GA. Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  
  Note, Source: Ragan Pruitt: Hightower Funeral Home in Bremen, GA will have charge of funeral. The family will receive from 5 - 9 PM on Saturday, June 4.
       
  The funeral service will be at 2:30 P. M., Sunday, June 5 at Calvary Baptist Church in Bremen and interment will be at Forrest Lawn Cemetery close by the church. David will lie in state in the church from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M.
  
  The Eulogy was done by Dr. Howard Mills.
  
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34050804/david-anthony-pruitt.

Parents:

Martha Ann E. Davis

• Birth*: Martha was born on 15 Jul 1818.
• Marriage*: She married John Regan, son of Joseph Regan , Jr. and Elizabeth Spann Regan, on 17 Jul 1838.
• Death*: Martha died on 19 Jan 1899 at age 80.

John Tolbert Regan

• Birth*: John was born on 30 Aug 1839.
• Death*: John died on 20 Jan 1864 at age 24. Died in the Civil War.

Parents:

Louise Marion Regan

• Birth*: Louise was born on 29 Oct 1840.
• Marriage*: She married John J, Gregg on 17 Feb 1858.

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