Earl Clifford Pritchett, Jr., age 78, a resident of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at the Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada, Missouri.
He was born April 20, 1940, in Bonneterre, Missouri, the son of Earl C. Pritchett and Etta Uleny Cooper Pritchett. Earl first married Mary R. Knapp on December 26, 1965. She preceded him in death on September 7, 2006. He later married Carole Ganer on December 12, 2008.
Earl had served with the United States Army and the United States Air Force and retired from the Air National Guard with twenty-three years of service. He later worked as a truck driver. He had attended the Uniontown United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Carole, of the home in Uniontown and his children, Danny Pritchett and wife, Christy, of Uniontown, Heather Culp and husband, Edward, of Wichita and Bryan Ganer and wife, Jennifer, of Liberal, Missouri; seventeen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
In addition to his first wife, Mary, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Connie Pritchett and a brother Daniel Frank Pritchett.
Rev. Marty Dewitt will conduct funeral services at 1:30 P.M. Friday, August 24th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Following funeral services, there will be cremation with burial in the U. S. National Cemetery in Ft. Scott.
Memorials are suggested to the Uniontown City Park Fund and may be left in the care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.