Mary Ruth Pruitt, 72, of Paris, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Bourbon Community Hospital.

She was born January 28, 1940 in Nicholas County to the late Cameron Dooley Pruitt and Anna Mae Steele Pruitt, was a graduate of Nicholas Co. High School and was a lifelong homemaker.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by a brother Harold Pruitt and a sister Joyce Benton.

A Celebration of Life Gathering was held by the family in Mary Ruth's Honor with inurnment in the Carlisle Cemetery.