Dr. David Clinton Prickett Sr.

Dr. David C. Prickett, Sr., M.D., passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 in La Mirada, California, at the age of 97. He was born November 26, 1918 in Fairmont, West Virginia, to Clinton E. and Mary Anna (Gottschalk) Prickett. He was their only son and he had a sister and half-sister.



Dr. Prickett attended Barnes School, West Fairmont High School, Fairmont State College and West Virginia University. He earned his medical degree at the University of Louisville in Kentucky in 1946 and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh in 1955. In his lengthy career, David utilized his medical training in a variety of assignments.



David served on active duty in the U.S. Army. After the end of WWII, he served two years on the Navaho Reservation in New Mexico in the U.S. Government Public Health Service.

Upon returning to Fairmont, he had a private practice. In 1961, Dr. Prickett moved from West Virginia and held various physicians positions in occupational medicine, primarily in California where he has resided since 1966.



Dr. Prickett married Mary Ellen Holt of Fairmont in 1940 and they had three sons and three daughters. Dr. Prickett enjoyed caring for his patients and especially serving in southern West Virginia in several stints as a temporary doctor for rural clinics. He was proud of his West Virginia heritage and liked to return to visit in the Fairmont/Morgantown area. He enjoyed singing old hit tunes, square dancing and family gatherings.



In addition to his parents, Dr. Prickett was preceded in death by his sisters, Sara Prickett Adams and Thelma Prickett Satterfield McCoy, wife Mary Ellen, and son-in-law Steve Newman. He is survived by sister-in- law Laura Jean Jimmie of Morgantown and her family and Mary Jo Prickett (widow of his cousin Robert D. Prickett) and her family of Laurel Point. Surviving David are sons Dr. David C. Prickett. Jr., M.D., (Vicki) of Kearney, MO; Dr. William R. Prickett, M.D.,(Diana) of Albuquerque, NM; James T. Prickett (Peggy) of Whittier, CA; daughters Rebecca Replogle (Bruce) of Lake Elsinore, CA; Mary Anne Rowan (Bill) of Fairmont; and Sara Gallegos (George) of Whittier, CA. Also surviving are nine grandchildren James R. Prickett (Jennifer), Geoffrey (Tessa) Prickett, Steven Prickett, Laura Prickett, Matthew Prickett, Joshua Prickett, Lauren (John) Rau, Katie (John) Schutz-Fincham, Molly Prickett, and David T. Gallegos. Great grand children are James R. Prickett, Jr. and Jordan Prickett, Natasha and Bennett Rau, Garret, Evan, and Emma Schutz, and Audrey Prickett.



A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 1pm at White Emerson Mortuary, 13304 E Philadelphia Street, Whittier, CA. 90601. A public viewing will take place 11:30am-12pm at White Emerson Mortuary and on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, a visitation hour is scheduled at 1pm at Ford Funeral Home, 201 Columbia Street, Fairmont, WV, to be followed by burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia.