Vernola Hainta Pruitt went to be with the Lord at her home in Carnegie, Oklahoma on Friday, June 29, 2018 with her daughters by her side. Vernola was born December 13, 1933 to Taft and Mattie Daugomah Hainta in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was a descendant of the Daugomah, Tanedoah and Satepauhoodle families.
Vernola attended Carnegie School graduating with the Class of 1952. After graduating she went to live with her cousin Juanita Ahtone in Dallas, Texas. She babysat for her cousin before she became employed with Sivils Drive Inn. That is where she met her husband, Clifford Eugene Pruitt, Sr. She worked for Sheron Continental. She left Dallas in 1976 to return to Carnegie, Oklahoma. She began employment with the Kiowa Tribe as a secretary when the Tribe was above the Post Office in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She began working as a PBX Operator for the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma in 1976 and worked until 2015. She loved her children, grandchildren, Little Brothers,( Ah-Thons), Little Sisters (Ah-Peahs) nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and also her Kiowa people. She enjoyed making floral arrangements, doing word search puzzles, watching her birds, and having "girlie time". She often spoke of her loved ones with fond memories of times past. She had so much love for her family.
She is survived by her son, Walter Taft Pruitt, Lawton, Oklahoma
Two Daughters: Mary Charlene Bear and husband James of Mountain View, Oklahoma and
Jeanie Vernell Granado of Carnegie, Oklahoma and husband Ramon of
Waynesboro, Georgia.
One Sister: Charlotte "Sweetie" Lomayesva of Parker, Arizona
Eighteen Grandchildren: Justin, Christi, Jesse, China, Anthony, Rebecca, James Michael,
Walter Leon, Matthew, Lance, Johnny, Jeffrey, Raenell, Christopher Lee, Jacob, Joseph,
Ramon Fabian and Alyssa.
Fifteen Great Grandchildren
Her special cousins: Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, Carnegie, Oklahoma, Ronald " Dawes"
Twohatchet of Lawton, Oklahoma, Bobbie Daugomah of Dallas, Texas. Phil Joseph Dupoint of
Carnegie, Oklahoma. Loretta Scantler, Norman, Oklahoma Special uncle: Cletis Satepau-
hoodle. Special Aunts, Martha Koomsa Perez, Wilda Koomsa, Peggy Koomsa Maynahonah, & Francis Ware Bailey.
Preceded in Death: Parents, two brothers: Joseph Taft "Chief" Hainta and James William (Jimmy) Hainta. three sisters: Arlene "Tuts" McLemore, and Mary Virginia "Youngo" Hainta and one infant sister. Two sons: Clifford Eugene Pruitt Jr., Gordon Lee "Bubba" Pruitt and one great grandson, Riley James Martin.
Funeral Service: Monday, July 2, 2018, 10:00 AM, First Baptist Church, Carnegie, Oklahoma
Wake Service: Sunday, July 1, 2018 7:00 PM, Cedar Creek United Methodist Church, Carnegie, Oklahoma
Viewing: Saturday, June 30, 2018 1:00 - 8:00 PM, Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, Oklahoma
Sunday, July 1, 2018 1:00 - 5:00 PM, Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, Oklahoma
Under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Carnegie, Oklahoma