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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 21, 2020

Former longtime Nashville Democratic state Rep. Mary Pruitt, 86, died Saturday after complications from a fall, the Tennessean reports. Pruitt served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1985 to 2012, first becoming a member in a special election on the unexpected death of her husband, the late Rep. Charles Pruitt. A retired educator, she used her position to advocate for quality education for all children in the state. In a statement this morning, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the city had "lost a public leader" and a "respected Nashvillian."