Sara Ruth Elrod Prickett,

Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, announces services for Sara Ruth Elrod Prickett, age 89, of Commerce who passed away on Thursday February 19th, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Early and Myrtie Reece Elrod. Survivors include her children, Juanita Scally of Toccoa, Carolyn (John) Simmons of Commerce, Debra (Paul) Rogers of Commerce, Lester (Aggie) Prickett of Thomasville, and Wanda (A.J.) Wood of Commerce; grandchildren Audrey Smith, Bradley Hayes, Sammy Simmons, Missy Madden, Susan Goins, Kay Hanson, Carrie Murphy, Scarlett Sylvain, Amanda Evans, Tabitha Calhoun, and Renee Wood; twenty great grandchildren, and a half-sister, Sue (Don) Holbrook of Toccoa. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Styles Prickett, grandchildren, Greg Hayes and Beth Rogers, three brothers and two sisters.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday February 20th, 2015 from 6 pm until 9 pm. Services will be held on Saturday February 21st, 2015 at 2 pm at the Chapel of Ivie Funeral Home with Rev. Sammy Simmons officiating. Interment will follow at Jackson Memorial Gardens Cemetery.