Reva Pruett, daughter of the late James Bloys Cook and Lottie Robey Cook, was born on Sept. 21, 1931, in Aquilla, Missouri, and departed this life on Oct. 11, 2022, at Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont, Missouri, at the age of 91 years.
Mrs. Pruett was a former bookkeeper and office manager, retiring from Gerald Griffith Construction. She had also worked for Montgomery Ward and Midwest Cable. She was a member of Living Water Worship Center in Bloomfield, Missouri, and a former resident of Dexter, Missouri.
She enjoyed crocheting and making afghans. She loved reading her Bible and listening to gospel music. She was a faithful preacher’s wife and her faith, and her family were her life.
On March 31, 1951, she was united in marriage to Rev. Edsel Pruett. Rev. Pruett preceded her in death on June 23, 2007.
She is survived by her son, Bloyce Pruett and wife, Gayla, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; two grandchildren, Flesha Samuels and Benjamin Pruett; and two great-grandchildren, Brandon Pruett and Kaleb Billmeier.
Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her infant son, James William Pruett, and her brother, Andy Franklin Cook.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, with Rev. Jim Hook officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Memorials may be made to the Bloomfield Area Nutrition Center, 609 N Delaware Street, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.