Hazel Verda Ross Pratt, daughter of the late William Henry Ross and Maudie L. Patten Ross Pratt, was born on September 23, 1917 at Hitchita, Oklahoma and went to be with her Lord on November 30, 2014 in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 97.

She was united in marriage to Lester N. Pratt on October 14, 1934 in Lamar, Arkansas.  Mr. Pratt preceded her in death on September 3, 1977.

Survivors include four children, Christine (Carl) Neuber, Donna Marie (Fred) Rose, Terrence Michael Pratt, all of Dexter, and Sharon (David) Riley of New Bloomfield, Missouri; one brother, Ed Pratt of Sikeston, Missouri; one sister, Anita Payton of Colorado Springs, Colorado; seven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and sixteen great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, James Dean Pratt and Larry Glen Pratt; by two grandsons, Marcus Stevenson and Dwayne Neuber; and by two brothers, Virble Ross and Claude Pratt.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Phillip Tanner officiating.