James Edward “Jim” Pritchett (Floydada) April 10, 1945 – January 06, 2019 Share this obituary Send Flowers Send Sympathy Gifts Sign Guestbook| View Guest Book Entries| Send Private Condolences| Send Sympathy Card James Edward “Jim” Pritchett, age 73, of Floydada, passed away on January 6, 2019. Graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Floyd County Memorial Park in Floydada, with Dale West officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada. Services are under the personal care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home of Floydada. Jim was born on April 10, 1945, in Bauxite, Arkansas, to Early and Nell Pritchett. He grew up in the South Plains community of Floyd County, Texas, and graduated from Floydada High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from West Texas State University in 1967, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and active in student government. Jim was a 1st Lt. in the Army Signal Corps and served a tour in Vietnam. Subsequently he did graduate work at Texas Tech University, then began a very successful career as a musician. He married Barbara Palo of Billings, Montana, and they had two sons—Dustin and Mason. Jim was a remarkably gifted guitarist. He spent most of his career in the music industry, lastly with United Artists in Nashville as a songwriter, musician, and producer. He was a quiet, understated man with an artist’s heart and soul. Upon retirement, Jim returned to Floyd County and took his creative talents in a new direction. He developed a large body of work designing and painting gourds with intricate Native American designs, marketing them in art galleries in Santa Fe and Ruidoso, New Mexico. Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Nell, and a sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Shorty Turner. He is survived by his dad, Early, two brothers and sisters-in-law (Price & Patty Pritchett in Dallas, and Steve & Connie Pritchett in Amarillo), sons Dustin in Nashville and Mason in Chicago, plus three lovely grandchildren Jim treasured—Zoe, Nolan, and Reece. He also has seven loving nieces and nephews in the Turner and Pritchett clans. SERVICES Graveside Service Saturday, January 12, 2019 2:00 AM Floyd County Memorial Park Hwy 270 Floydada, Texas 79235 Get Directions on Google Maps Visitation Saturday, January 12, 2019 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Moore-Rose Funeral Home of Floydada 329 W. California Floydada, Texas 79235 Get Directions on Google Maps Print Obituary Sign Guest Book Name: Location: Email: Personal Message: Personal Message (required) Required Confirmation: Submit guest book entry
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of James Edward Jim Pritchett Floydada April 10 1945 January 06 2019.
Death notice for the town of: Floydada, state: Texas