Ms. Ina Mae (Stonecipher) Pruitt of Albany, Kentucky passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at The Medical Center in Albany, Kentucky, having attained the age of 89 years, 4 months and 14 days. She was born in the Cartwright Community of  Clinton County, Kentucky on Monday, August 17, 1936, the daughter of Daniel Lonzo & Ermon (Cooksey) Stonecipher. She was of the Baptist faith and was a loving mother and homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers, loved her cats and often took in strays. She spent many hours canning food and sewing in her younger years. She also took great joy in collecting whatnots and cherished knickknacks that filled her home with warmth and character. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her ex-husband, Paul Fountain Pruitt, children, Larry Mitchell Pruitt, Lee Stonecipher and Ruby Guffey, brothers, Billy Kay Stonecipher, Eddie Lonzo Stonecipher, Tommy Jay Stonecipher, Willie Ray Stonecipher, and Roger Dale Stonecipher, sisters, Elizabeth Means, Anna Lee Albertston, and grandchild, Andera Guffey.

She is survived by her children, Patti Denney, Daniel Pruitt, Mary Ruth Melton, all of Monticello, Kentucky, Lois Harrison of Bowling Green, Kentucky and Tena Owens of Owensboro, Kentucky, sister, Brenda Cooper of Monticello, Kentucky, grandchildren, Ginger McCraken, Kyla Tucker, Jessica Dodge, Denny Pruitt, Dessira (Pruitt) Werchadlo, Zachary Hall, Markus Hall, Lauren Mackenzie, Kory Pruitt, Alex Pruitt, Marty Melton, Jonathan Rose, Katrina Rose, Derek Guffey, Cody Harrison, Karenna Owens, Kensey Pruitt and Kyle Pruitt, 33 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson on the way, and companion & caregiver, Obie Cooper.

The funeral service was conducted on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at 2:00 PM C.S.T. in the Memory Chapel of Campbell-New Funeral Home with Bro. Henry Stringer officiating. Casket Bearers were Cody Harrison, Jonthan Rose, Marty Melton, Kory Pruitt, Denny Pruitt, and Alex Pruitt. Burial was in the Albany Cemetery in Albany, Kentucky. In lieu of flowers, contributions appreciated to the Gideons International or Newtown Baptist Church- Youth Fund.

Campbell-New Funeral Home of Albany, Kentucky was honored to be in charge of all the arrangements.