March 19, 2024
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Effie Sue Pritchett

1934 – 2021

Funeral services for Effie Sue Pritchett, 86, of Point, were held at her residence on September 13. 

Interment followed in Hillcrest Cemetery in Forney. 

Mrs. Pritchett died on September 10, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Forney on her mother’s 41st birthday on October 15, 1934, the last of six children to Arviel and Effie (Ramey) Johnston. She graduated from Forney High School. She married her first and only love, Steve D. Pritchett, on December 22, 1954. She dedicated her life to being his wife, friend, bookkeeper, secretary and his partner in every venture he undertook from business to ranching to real estate. She took great joy in her weekly gathering of friends to play cards and share fellowship. 

Mrs. Pritchett is survived by her husband; son, Doug Pritchett and wife Joni; daughter, Deborah Everett and husband Arlie; grandchildren, Krystal Palyu and Marshall Everett and wife Katie; and great-granddaughter, Josephine Margaret Everett. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Otto Johnston, Ray Johnston, Louis Daley, Rob Roy Johnston and Dorothy Tidwell. 

Arrangements were under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory.