GOLDEN, MS
Jerry L. Pruitt
1954 — 2023
Jerry L. Pruitt, 69, passed away Friday, September 15, 2023 at NMMC in Tupelo, MS. He was born in Itawamba County, MS to William Leo and Erma Lou Worthy Pruitt. To know Jerry was to know his love for hunting, his farm animals, his family and grandchildren, and telling the tallest tale of all the front porch-sitting boys. Paw Paw Jerry wore many hats for The Hill. He was a beloved dad, brother, uncle, Paw Paw, "tight" trader of the community and well known and loved by many. Jerry loved to hunt, his favorite being coon hunting with his buddy, Charles Horn. Oh, the stories he has told. As kids growing up, he would let us hold the animals he'd bring home to skin. We thought it was the coolest...