Johnny H Pruett in Memoriam
Johnny Henderson Pruett
May 30, 1933 - January 27, 2016
Retired Airforce, Decorated Viet Nam Vet, Journalist w/ Stars and Stripes, Retired SC DHEC
Gentleman, Scholar possessing multiple degrees, Writer, Chef, Gardener Extraordinaire
Husband of my Mother, my beloved Stepfather, Friend, Advisor, Attended to innumerable details
We have missed you more each day.
My stepfather passed one year ago today. There hasn't been a single day that I haven's said aloud that I miss him in the hopes that he can hear me in Heaven.
While I spent a lot more time with him than I did with my late biological father, who I also miss since he passed on January 4, 2001 — the newness of the loss of Johnny coupled with the fact that I feel I should have spent even more time with him than I did has resulted in an elevated sense sadness in my life.
This has been the subject of personal pain for me an entire year now.
Circluating with the "what ifs" and the "if onlys" are those tortuous details of Richland County EMS forcing us to go to the Richland County hospital against our wishes. Their subsequent lies to the coroner stating that Johnny had suffered an unwitnessed fall in a nursing home ... and the worse part of all, that incompetent female osteopath who failed to adequately evaluate Johnny have haunted me since he died.
We feel that he would have received much better care at Providence, but this was not afforded to us by what I feel is a corrupt Richland County EMS who appear to be directing all traffic to a county hospital manned primarily by students such as the aforementioned incompetent female osteopath.
This all has been contributory to that loss which was his death which we feel the hospital contributed to with their incompetent emergency staff.
Rest in peace.