PRITT, James Forrest

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 09/02/2014 James Forrest Pritt, 90, died peacefully Aug. 19, 2014, surrounded by family. He was born July 26, 1924, in Duncan, Okla. James proudly served in the U.S. Army in Europe from 1943-46. He worked in a plywood mill in Oregon, built family homes, then at Southwest Forest Industries, a paper mill in Snowflake before retiring to Tucson where he continued to build homes. James is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Jean Pritt; son James Edward (Julie) Pritt; grandchildren Jamie (Jason) Peters and Natalie Pritt; great-grandchildren Jaycee Peters, Hunter Peters, Dyllan Pritt and Rylee Eisenhour; and his sister, Ruth Mosley in Moore, Okla. He will be interred at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista.