Christine Pruitt Smith, age 88, a lifelong resident of Fayetteville, TN passed away Tuesday at Donalson Care Center. Services will be conducted Friday at 2 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Dorriety officiating. Burial will follow in Wright’s Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was an employee of Serbin Fashions for 30 years and was a member of the Stateline Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by husbands Ray Joe Pruitt and Clyde Smith, parents Walter V. and Dahlia Joins Arnold, sisters Lurlynn Lowe, Ophalynn Endsley, Edith Arnold, and Jane Robinson.

Survivors include a son Walter Ray Pruitt (Diane), daughter Sherran Parr (Dennis), stepdaughter Terry Kirby (Mike), sister Sue Tate (Warren), sisters-in-law Katherine Holley Frazier and Melba Pruitt Hill, four grandchildren Chris Parr (Georgeanne), Ray Pruitt (Mirielle), Michelle Pruitt, Becky Crews, eight great-grandchildren Raleigh Parr, Tatum Parr, Dylan McAfee, Leah McAfee, Brittany Pruitt, Krissy Pruitt, Cheyenne Crews, Dakota Crews and very special nieces and nephews.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening 5-8 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Wrights Cemetery, c/o Bill Davis, 284 Red Oak Road, Petersburg, TN 37144. 931-732-4712