Waldsee Merton Prunty
(December 2, 1925 - October 19, 2022)

Waldsee Merton Prunty, 96, of Huntington, WV died Wednesday, October 19, 2022. He was born December 6, 1925 in Parkersburg, WV to the late Jacob Waldsee and Mamie Adams Prunty.
Merton was a graduate of Parkersburg High School, where he was a baritone horn and trombone soloist with the Big Red Band. He also spent 3 summers at Ernest Williams School of Music in NY. He also graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN with a BA in Economics and West Virginia University with a J.D. Degree in Law.
Merton loved music, having been an orchestra leader with the Villacoublay Dance Orchestra and the Walt Prunty Orchestra, both in Paris, France, as well as the Four Notes in Bloomington, IN.
Merton led a diverse and full life having spent time in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in both Germany and France, a faculty member (part-time) at Marietta College, Waynesboro College, Marshall University, and the American Institute of Banking. He was active in using his law degree, having worked in the Cabell County Prosecuting Attorney's office (4 years), Cabell County Divorce Commissioner, Domestic Relations Court, Huntington Police Civil Service Commission, Bankruptcy Trustee (Huntington), U.S. Government Appeals Agent, Trust Officer and Legal Counsel (6 years) at the 20th St. Bank in Huntington, past president and secretary of the Cabell County Bar Association, the West Virginia State Bar Association (Past Probate Committee), the West Virginia Bar Association, and the American Bar Association (Past Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Secretary), as well as the founder of and lawyer at Prunty Law Offices in Huntington, WV. Merton was also a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington for over 50 years, where he was a Sunday School teacher for the Good Fellowship Class.
He was a board member and legal counsel for: John W. Hereford Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Huntington, Inc. where he was a past president and board chairman; the Huntington City Mission, and the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind.
Surviving, are his immediate family: his son Paul J. Prunty; daughter-in-law Sandra K. Prunty; and grandson, Matthew Alexander Prunty, all of Huntington.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the "JOHN W. HEREFORD BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS OF HUNTINGTON PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND" 520 Everett Street, Huntington, WV 25702, OR the "W. MERTON PRUNTY COLLEGE OF LAW DEAN'S FUND" at the West Virginia College of Law in Morgantown, WV.
A graveside service for family and friends will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at 2:00 pm at Woodmere Memorial Park Abbey of Remembrance with Reverend Eric Porterfield officiating.