Clarice Pruitt went to be with the Lord May 27, 2010 at the Elms Retirement Village after a long illness. She was born September 23, 1925 in West Jefferson, North Carolina. She lived in Green Cove Virginia early in her life and attended the Green Cove church with her family and after graduating from high school. She was an exceptional athlete and basketball player. During World War II she worked at an aircraft plant. Clarice was a member of the Sheffield Lake Ohio Women's Club and was active in Sheffield Lake politics. She was also an active leader in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Clarice moved with her family to the family farm in Huntington Township in 1964 and raised her family on the farm. As business expanded, Clarice moved and made family homes in Kingwood, WV, Portland, OR, Miami, FL and Pittsburg, PA, before moving back to the family farm in Ohio. She has since been living at the Elms Retirement Village in Wellington. Every place she has lived, she was loved by her family and her many friends. She is survived by her loving husband, Russell Pruitt, Sr. of Wellington, Ohio, after 63 years of marriage; a daughter, Phyllis Parks of Andover, Ohio; sons, Russell (Helen Mary) Pruitt, Jr. of Norwalk, Ohio and Mark (Cheryl) Pruitt of Wellington, Ohio. She is also survived by her brother, James Odis Furches of Lenoir, NC; grandchildren, Chris (Ali) Lababidi, Jennifer Parks, Brian Pruitt, Regina (Scott) Hamby, Kelly Pruitt, Kimberly Pruitt and Holly Pruitt and great-grandchildren, Michael Parks, Adam Lababidi and Deanna Lababidi. She was preceded in death by her son, Daniel Pruitt; parents, James Millard Furches and Geneva Victoria Farmer Furches; sisters, Ruth Ann, Virginia and Nellie (Nell) and brothers, Charles and Ray. Services are being held at Garrett Funeral Home, Damascus, Virginia on Sunday. Local arrangements were entrusted to Norton-Eastman Funeral Home, Wellington, Ohio.