Walnut Ridge- Willa Eudean Pruitt Rogers, 76, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Baptist East in Memphis. She was born to Perley "Doc" and Addie May Milgrim Kennedy on October 10, 1942 in Walnut Ridge. Willa was a homemaker and factory worker. She was a member of the Cache River Pentecostal Church.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Robert Clyde Pruitt; son, Bobby Dean Pruitt; brother, David Eugene Kennedy; sisters, Carolyn Faye Bain, and Peggy Ann Dancer; stepdaughter, Sherry Hinton; step-granddaughter, Destiny Tolodixi.

Survivors include sons, Billy Pruitt (Terrie), Clyde Pruitt (Tanya), all of Jonesboro, Scott Pruitt (Stephanie) of Piggott; daughter, Debra Perkins (John) of McChesney Park, Illinois; brother, Terry Kennedy (Deb) of McChesney Park, Illinois; sisters, Eunice HIllhouse of Rockford, Illinois and Darlene Bass and Naydeane Bass, both of Bono; grandchildren, Casey Pruitt, Tyler Pruitt, Kristina Wilson, Justin Gifford, Benjamin Johnson, Shayna Beard, Katie Perkins, Shaun Pruitt, Clyde (Bumper) Pruitt, Jordan Pruitt, Heaven Pruitt, Nehemiah Pruitt, Justin Pruitt, Austin Pruitt, Paige Pruitt, and Savannah Tolodixi; great-grandchildren, Madilynn Gifford, Gavyn Miller, and Miley Beard; step-grandchildren, Devon and Allison; and her precious pet "Dinky".

Visitation will be Wednesday, May 1, 2019 from 1 until 2 p.m. at Lorado Baptist Church. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. with Bro. Rick Hart officiating. Interment will follow in Lorado Cemetery under the direction of Cox Funeral Home in Walnut Ridge.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are Tyler Pruitt, Shaun Pruitt, Bumper Pruitt, and Nehemiah Pruitt.