PRUITT On the morning of January 4, 2020, Mrs. Lena Gail Billings Pruitt, 87, went to be with the Lord. Her husband, Talmadge was happily waiting to be reunited with her. She was born June 16, 1932, in Wilkes County, to the late Granville and Beatrice Wiles Billings. Mrs. Pruitt was a member of Cornatzer Baptist Church. She had retired from the U.S. Postal Service having been a mail carrier in the Advance area. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Talmadge Lee Pruitt; a son, Lee Pruitt; and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include four children, Stanley Pruitt (Vasta) of Umatilla, FL, Crystal Maynard (Rick) of Advance, Nena Kaan (Joe) of Germanton and Bradley Pruitt (Jenny Thompson) of Elkin; grandchildren, Joshua Maynard, Stanley T. Pruitt, Julie Johnson, Ashley Bodenhamer and Leeann Kaan, and great-grandchildren, Piper Pruitt, Lily Maynard, Saydee Bodenhamer, Layne Bodenhamer, Jude Maynard, Hannah Johnson, Blake Pruitt and Jensen Watts. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, January 7, at Cornatzer Baptist Church, with Pastor Brent Goodwin and Chaplain Barney Jones officiating. The body will be placed in the church thirty minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, January 6, at Lambert Graham Funeral Home. Please consider memorials to Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 20424, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27120-0424. Online condolences: www.lambertgrahamfuneralhome.com