Eric Alan Prewitt

Published 5:39 pm Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Eric Alan Prewitt, 73, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 at his home in Tryon.

Born in Westchester County NY, he was the son of the late Millard and Hortense Henderson Prewitt. He worked for the Associated Press as a sports writer for 29 years before retiring to Arizona. In 2006 he moved to Polk County from Gold Cannon, AZ.

Surviving are his wife, Lenora J. Prewitt; two daughters, Sharon Crestetto (John) of Rocky Mount, NC, and Patricia Finau (Donald) of Cleveland, OH. Also surviving are two brothers, Richard Prewitt of Ossining, NY, and Paul Prewitt of Laguna Beach, CA, and one sister, Anne Carlson of West Chatham, MA, as well as three granddaughters, Susanna, Hannah, and Olivia.

No local services are planned.

Memorials may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research; Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780.

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.