COMMERCE – Sara Ruth Elrod Prickett, 89, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015.
She was the daughter of the late Early and Myrtie Reece Elrod. Mrs. Prickett was preceded in death by her husband, William Styles Prickett; grandchildren, Greg Hayes and Beth Rogers; three brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include her children, Juanita Scally, Toccoa, Carolyn (John) Simmons, Commerce, Debra (Paul) Rogers, Commerce, Lester (Aggie) Prickett, Thomasville, and Wanda (A.J.) Wood, Commerce; grandchildren, Audrey Smith, Bradley Hayes, Sammy Simmons, Missy Madden, Susan Goins, Kay Hanson, Carrie Murphy, Scarlett Sylvain, Amanda Evans, Tabitha Calhoun, and Renee Wood; 20 great-grandchildren; and a half-sister, Sue (Don) Holbrook, Toccoa.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, February 20, from 6 until 9 p.m. Services will be held on Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m., in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with the Rev. Sammy Simmons officiating. Interment will follow at Jackson Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.