Joyce Pruitt

Funeral service celebrating the life of Joyce Jacobs Pruitt, 90, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 10:00AM Thursday, July 20, 2023, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe with Rev. Danny McIlveene officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Rd. Monroe.

Ms. Pruitt was born September 29, 1932, and passed away on July 16, 2023. She was a member of Community Baptist Church in West Monroe. Ms. Pruitt retired from the ULM Bookstore after 40 + years. She enjoyed cooking, Sewing, fishing, and spending time with her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Bessie Jacobs; brothers, George (G.A.) and William “Dub” Jacobs; son, David Pruitt; grandson, Trenton Herring; and son-in-law, Gerald “Bubby” Saucier.

Survivors include her daughters, Patrice Saucier and Debbie Jones and husband Dennis; son, Jeff Pruitt; three brothers, Cooter Jacobs, Don Jacobs, and Jerral Jacobs and wife Glenda; nine grandchildren, Jeromy Pruitt and wife Kristen, Amber Holman and husband Kyle, Chad Pruitt and wife Melissa, Jacob Pruitt and wife Rachel, Yenid Herring, Nathan Pruitt, Roxanne Wisecarver, Ashley Pruitt, and Sarah Pruitt; nine great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and many special friends.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great grandsons, Jeromy Pruitt, Chad Pruitt, Jacob Pruitt, Nathen Pruitt, Braedon Pruitt, and Drake Pruitt.  

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Jerral and Glenda Jacobs for taking care of Joyce. In addition, special thanks to Laura Burrell and Betty Tappin for their special love and kindness for our mom.  

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