April 9, 2025

Linn County News

Published April 16, 2025

Linda Ann Pruitt, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, April 7, 2025, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo. She was born May 8, 1953, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Walton “Walt” and Evelyn Vest Ham. She attended Prescott, Kan., grade school, Pleasanton, Kan., high school and Fort Scott Community College. She married Urvy Pruitt on Feb. 14, 1991, in Fort Scott. Linda worked for the Prescott State Bank and later as City Clerk in Prescott. Her many interests included crocheting, crafts, jewelry, homemaking, and visiting the casino. She formerly attended the Prescott Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband Urvy of the home; three sons, Jeff Fugate (Robin) of Greeley, Colo., Derek Fugate (Michelle) of Kearney, Mo., and James Pruitt (Megan) of Wichita, Kan.; a daughter, Aleah Stice (Jacob) of Emporia, Kan.; a brother, Larry Ham (Pam) of Fort Scott, Kan.; a cousin Debbie Taylor of Fort Scott, Kan.; and numerous grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; mother-in-law Francis Pruitt, and a grandson, Johnathan Wane Fugate.

There was cremation. No services are planned. In lieu of flowers memorial donations are suggested to the Linda Pruitt Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, Kan. 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.