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William Burk Prewitt

5 Jul 1870 – 7 Jul 1949

Birth	5 Jul 1870
Death	7 Jul 1949
Cemetery	Hillside Cemetery Wolbach , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Linda Berney on 22 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61080041

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From The Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, July 14, 1949, transcribed by Linda Berney: William B. Prewitt Rites Here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the Methodist Church for William B. Prewitt, 70. Rev. A. Clyde Ehret of North Loup. Burial was in the Hillside Cemetery. Mr. Prewitt retired farmer of the Wolbach community died at a Grand Island convalescence home Thursday evening. He had been in poor health for five years and seriously ill since last fall. He had resided with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sutton of Grand Island during the last few years. William Burk Prewitt was born July 5, 1870, at Wilkesboro, N. C. to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Prewitt. He and Miss Mary Jane Caudill were married Feb. 11, 1896 at Wexil, N. C. They resided in Wilkes county, N. C. until moving to the Wolbach community in 1903. They made their home on a farm until 1939, when illness caused them to retire. Mrs. Prewitt died in July of 1941 and Mr. Prewitt had made his home with his children since that time. He was a member of the Methodist church of Wolbach. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Ethel Sutton, Grand Island, Mrs. Pearl Marrs, Mt. Ayr, Ia., Mrs. Effie Johnson, Bozeman, Mont., Mrs. Minnie Sweeney, Carson, Ia., Mrs. June McPherson, Scottsbluff and Mrs. Alice Atkinson, Torrington, Wyo.; two sons, Fred and Warren Prewitt, Wheatland, Wyo.; a half-brother, Ambrose Prewitt, North Carolina, 26 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by two children, Frank Prewitt and Maybelle Prewitt; one brother, one sister and a half-sister.

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Family

Parents

• Augustus C Pruitt 1836–1923 FaG
• Matilda Gentry Prewitt 1838–1909 FaG

Spouse

• Martha Jane Caudill Prewitt 1879–1942

Siblings

• Ambrose Joel "A.J." Pruitt 1880–1954 FaG
• Geneva M Pruitt Perdue 1882–1944 FaG

Children

• Pearl F Prewitt Marrs 1896–1985
• Gather Frederick "Fred" Prewitt 1898–1974
• Effie Prewitt Johnson 1900–1993
• Frank William Prewitt 1902–1947
• Ethel M Prewitt Sutton 1905–1995
• Minnie M Prewitt Sweeney 1908–1996
• Maybelle Ollie Prewitt 1911–1932
• Alice Letha Prewitt Hage 1913–1991
• Warren Howard "Pappy" Prewitt 1918–1991

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