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DATE: FRIDAY, September 10, 1993                   TAG: 9309100310
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Medium

OBIT PRITT, ELLA WILSON NEILY

PRITT, Ella Wilson Neily, 84, of Wytheville, died Wednesday, September 8, 1993, in the Wythe County Community Hospital. She was born on September 8, 1909, near Speedwell at the ancestral home of her great-great-grandfather, Col. Stephen Sanders. Her parents were Harry Wilson Neily and Ella Belle Sanders Neily. She was also the great-granddaughter of Maj. Robert D. Martin of Pulaski. Mrs. Pritt attended school in Wytheville and Pulaski and was a graduate of the National Business College in Roanoke. She resided in Austinville for thirty years prior to the death of her husband, James E. Pritt Sr. She managed the Wythe Motor Lodge (McWythe Inn) for seventeen years. She was a member of the Stuart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; a past member of the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America; and the Wythe County Community Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Pritt is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, James E. Pritt Jr. and Doris Nelson Pritt of Wytheville; a grandson and granddaughter-in-law, James Chaffin Pritt and Kelly Lynn Pritt of Woodbridge, Va.; a granddaughter, Stephanie Lynn Pritt of Decatur, Ga.; three great-grandchildren, Amie Kristine, Ryan Mathew and Joshua David Pritt. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Grubb Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. T. Newland Jr. officiating. Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Pulaski. Flowers will be appreciated, however, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice Support Services of the Wythe-Bland Counties, Inc., P.O. Box 381, Wytheville, Va. 24382, the Wythe County Rescue Squad or a charity of your choice. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Grubb Funeral Home or at the residence, 180 W. Madison Street, at anytime. The Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. 


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