Betty Jo Pruitt

February 20, 1923 - December 3, 2011

Betty Jo Pruitt, 88, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Magnolia Manor in Groves, Texas. She was born February 20, 1923 to Orion and Grace Harris Horn in Cardin, Oklahoma. Betty Jo was reared in Joplin, Missouri and has been a resident of the Port Arthur area since 1958. Betty Jo and her husband, Kenneth, were dedicated to rearing their three sons in a Christian lifestyle. She received her Bachelors Degree from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and her Masters from Lamar University in Beaumont. She taught at Groves Elementary and Taft Elementary, and retired after 28 years with Port Neches-Groves Independent School District. Betty Jo was an active member of First Baptist Church Port Arthur, where she was active in the Music Department, and taught the Married Young Peoples class with her husband. She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Mary McManus and Charles Horn, and her husband, Joel Kenneth Pruitt. She is survived by her three sons, Mike Pruitt and wife Michele of Euless, Texas, Rick Pruitt and wife Mel of Houston, Texas, Paul Pruitt and wife Kelly of Groves, Texas, her grandchildren, Brittany Pruitt, Mitch Pruitt and wife Karyn, Andy Adams and wife Lauren, Jenny Adams, Kyle Pruitt and wife Jocelyn, Rion Pruitt, along with two great-grandchildren, Dillian and Lyla Pruitt, nephew David Smith, and special niece Deanna Kenney of Joplin, Missouri and other extended family members.