*Charles Dewey Pruitt
born 1 September 1923, 9 PM
Cushing, Oklahoma

father
*Charles Howard Pruitt
born 2 January 1902 Pruitt Homestead, Creek County, Oklahoma
died 22 October 1966 near Dietrich, Illinois

mother
*Bertha May Ferguson
born 21 November 1904 Ripley, Oklahoma
died about 1977? Sumner, Illinois

siblings:
Jackie Ray Pruitt

spouse:
*Melba Louise White
born 27 April 1928 Madison, Kansas (living)
married December 20, 1947
Carbondale, Illinois

children:
*Charles Dean Pruitt
Rebecca Jo Pruitt
Douglas Eric Pruitt

Biographical:
Dewey received his name from the captain of the baseball team
at the Deep Rock Refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma where Charles Howard Pruitt worked.
Dewey the captain was such a successful coach he was hired away from another refinery.
He was an Indian.