Barbara Jean Lott Pruett

Barbara Jean Lott Pruett, 82, of Bamberg, SC passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

Funeral services will be held at three o’clock p.m., Sunday, November 9, 2025 at Spring Branch Baptist Church, 833 Deacon Road, Bamberg SC with the Reverend Troy Peterson and Sam Hightower officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary on Sunday. Memorials may be given in Barbara’s memory to Spring Branch Baptist Church, 833 Deacon Rd., Bamberg, SC 29003.

Born in Bamberg County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Frank Lott, Jr. and Kathleen Kinsey Lott and was married to the late Edward Windell Pruett, Sr. She worked at Kilgus Printing and was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church where she taught the Children’s Sunday School Class for almost 40 years.  Barbara enjoyed reading and just sitting and watching the birds. She had a love for plants and flowers and was a great cook who loved cooking for her family.

Survivors include her two sons, Eddie (Beth) Pruett, Jr. of Bamberg, SC and Richard Kevin (Kathy) Pruett of Clemson, SC; her grandchildren, Katie (Cody) McKenzie, Jenna Pruett, Thompson Pruett, Erin (Michael) Wilford and Abigail Pruett; a great-grandson, Elliott McKenzie and two sisters, Kathy (Sam) Hightower of Cope, SC and Sherry (Vincent) Knight of Ladson.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Croft and three brothers, Terry Lott, Charles Lott and Dennis Lott.

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