David Ward Pruitt

MIDLAND - David Ward Pruitt, 73, died Jan. 4, 2020. He was born in Greenville, on Jan. 18, 1946, to Dorothy and M.M. Pruitt.

He is a graduate of Celeste High School where he was all district in football, basketball, and track. He went on to earn a BS degree from Texas A&M University and an MS degree in microeconomics from Texas Tech University.

He started his career in the electric cooperative business at Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative in Hereford. He continued at Greenbelt Electric Co-op in Wellington, and then as CEO and President of Cap Rock Electric and Cap Rock Energy in Stanton, and Midland, for twenty-five years before retiring