Details have been announced on the arrival, procession, and funeral services for Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt, the 34-year-old Bardstown airman who died on March 12 in the crash of a KC-135 in western Iraq.
The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office says the community is encouraged to line the streets at 11 a.m. on April 9 as Technical Sergeant Pruitt is transported from the Samuels Field Airport to Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home.
According to the sheriff’s office, the escort on April 9 will begin shortly after Pruitt’s arrival at the Bardstown airport. The route will go from Samuels Field Airport onto Boston Road/West Stephen Foster Avenue heading towards Bardstown. From Court Square, the procession will head up North Third Street, turning left onto KY 245/New Shepherdsville Road and ending at the funeral home, located at 1475 New Shepherdsville Road.
Pruitt’s obituary states that she graduated from Nelson County High School in 2010. She enlisted in the Air Force in 2017. Pruitt was previously assigned to Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma and Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base in Alabama. She was assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, when she was one of six killed in the western Iraq crash while serving in support of Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S./Israeli military operation against Iran.
Funeral services for Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt will be held April 11 at 11 a.m. at the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation for Technical Sergeant Pruitt will be April 10 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home.
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