Betty Nan Landrum Pruitt

Betty Nan Landrum Pruitt, formerly of Lufkin and Wimberley, died June 2, 2015, in San Marcos, Texas. Betty was born August 25, 1925, in Waco, Texas, to Thomas Howell and Lou Ellen Rountree Landrum. She grew up in Houston and graduated from Lamar High School in 1942. Two years later she married Dr. Jack Pruitt, and they had three children, a son and two daughters. They lived in San Angelo and McAllen before returning to Houston so that Jack could finish his medical residency in pathology. In 1954 they moved to Lufkin, where he practiced pathology until his death in 1982. In Lufkin, Betty was active in the First United Methodist Church, the Angelina Medical Auxiliary, and the Rotary Anns, and she served as an elected member of the Board of Trustees of Angelina College for eighteen years. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in nutrition (summa cum laude) from Stephen F. Austin State University, she worked as a registered dietitian, first in private practice, and then for Stephen F. Austin. In 1995, Betty moved from Lufkin to Wimberley, where she made many close friends over the next ten years. She moved to San Marcos in 2005, and lived at the Regent Care Center at the time of her death. Betty is survived by her son, Dr. Brian Pruitt and wife, Joann, of Amarillo; daughter Marilyn Duncan and husband Steve, of Round Rock; daughter Luanne Cullen and husband Jim, of San Marcos; grandchildren Julie Nixon and husband Daryl, Leah Smalley and husband Josh, and Jill Pruitt; great-grandchildren Avery and Alyssa Nixon, Isaac and Caleb St. Peter, and Jacob Smalley; and brother, John Watts and wife Claudia of League City. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Pennington Funeral Home in San Marcos. Burial will be at the Laneville Cemetery in Laneville, Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to the Christ the Redeemer Church, 107 Centerpoint Road, San Marcos, Texas 78666 or Talking Books Program, P.O. Box 12516, Austin, Texas 78711-2516. Arrangements under the care and guidance of Pennington Funeral Home, 323 N. Comanche, San Marcos, Texas 78666, 512-353-4311. Obituary and guestbook online at www.penningtonfuneralhome.com.