LELA PRUETT

CHARLESTON -- Lela Boardman Pruett, 92, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999, at Jackson Manor.

She was born Aug. 19, 1907, in Paragould, Ark., to George and Linda Rien Jackson.

She lived most of her life in Mississippi County. She was member of the First Baptist Church at Charleston and was member the Order of Eastern Star. She was employed with Brown Shoe Co. 32 years, before retiring in 1971.

She married Herb Boardman in 1947. He died in 1966. She married Oscar Pruett in 1979. He died in 1987.

She is survived by four nephews, Bill Jackson, Tom Ward and Bob Ward, all of Cape Girardeau, and Joe Jackson of Tallahassee, Fla.; and four nieces, Frances Benert and Elizabeth Ann Heitman, both of St. Louis, Betty Emard of Nixa and Gloria Welker of Millersville.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

Service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, with the Rev. Gerald Collier officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.