Mary Pratt

Mary Ethel Pratt, 99, of Fort Worth, formerly of Big Spring, died Saturday, February 21, 2015 in a Fort Worth nursing home. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the Peace Chapel at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring.She was born October 12, 1915 in Commerce, Texas to Louis and Effie (Rainey) Pratt. She graduated from East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University in Commerce. She received her Master's degree in education and taught first grade for 30 years, most of them in the Forsan ISD. She was a very dedicated teacher who loved her work and her students. She moved to Big Spring in 1956. She was a Baptist and a member of Alpha Chi .She is survived by several nieces and nephews.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, John Pratt and Bill Pratt;  four sisters, Fama Sparkman, Patti Rogers, Pauline Flewharty and Wynelle McMillan; and her treasured pets Tina and Britsy.The family requests that memorials be made to the Big Spring Humane Society, P.O. Box 823, Big Spring, Texas 79721.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences may be made at: www.npwelch.com ,