Jayden Clark Pratt

Jayden Clark Pratt,

16, was diagnosed

when he was thirteen

years old (June 8,

2022) with Ewings

Sarcoma, which is soft

tissue cancer. He battled the cancer for

three years. That was

him being in and out

of the hospital, but it

also meant that he was

away from his family,

classmates and friends.

Around July of 2024,

Jayden asked his

parents if he could discontinue his treatments

and allow mother nature to take its course.

After a tough discussion and long period of

processing what it

would mean, his

parents agreed to

Jayden’s request. For

the last couple of

months, it has been

very difficult on him

and his family, not

knowing if this would

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be their last day together. While wait for

mother nature, the

family talked about

how they would bear

the burden of a funeral.

Like all parents would

do, they had put all of

their resources into

keeping Jayden alive.

Journey Hospice,

knowing there was a

resource in Wetzel

County, reached out to

the funeral home to see

if it would be a

resource that would be

available to Jayden.

Since Jayden lived in

Tyler County, at the

time, he did not meet

the requirements of the

Zachary Taylor Trust.

So, information was

shared between the

funeral director and the

family. The decision

was made to start a

fund in Tyler County.

This fund would bear

the name of a courageous young man, Jayden Pratt Trust. It was

understood that from

the funds, first would

be funeral arrangements for Jayden. The

funds that remain

would be used to pay it

forward to the next

young person from

Tyler County who is

under the age of nineteen. Accounts have

been set up at Union

Bank and WesBanco.

Folks who are willing

to pay it forward by

making a donation

may swing into either

financial institution

and make an

anonymous donation

into the Jayden Pratt

Trust. Jayden was

called home on

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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while staying at his

dad’s home.

Jayden was born August 28, 2008, in

Wheeling, WV son of

Rainelle (Justin Mullinex) Hall Pratt of

Friendly, WV and Justin (Connie) Pratt of

New Martinsville,

WV.

He was part of Tyler

Consolidated High

School Class of 2026,

loved collecting crystals and astrology and

video gaming.

He was preceded in

death by his maternal

s t e p – g r a n d f a t h e r ,

Joseph M. Bowen;

paternal grandfather,

Clark Pratt; aunt, Kay

Lucas; two uncles, Albert and Howard Pratt;

paternal great grandparents, Allen and

Belle Henderson;

paternal great grandmother, Nancy Wise

and two cousins, Luke

Pratt and Jordan

Sponaugle.

Surviving in addition to his parents are

two brothers,

Nathaniel and Samuel

McFaddin both at

home; two sisters, Isabella and McKinleigh

Pratt both at home;

paternal grandparents,

Georgia Vandruff of

Middlebourne, WV,

Brad Vandruff of Shirley, WV, Cathy (Paul)

McCormick of South

Charleston, WV and

Freddy (Regina Taylor) Ramsey of Clay,

WV; maternal grandparents, Carolyn

Bowen of Friendly,

WV and Larry Dearth

of Lavern, TN; uncle,

Andrew (Alivia) Pratt

of New Martinsville,

WV; nieces and

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nephews, Noah, Cruz,

Beau and Vada; best

friend, Eli Dutton of

Sistersville, WV and

several aunts, uncles

and cousins.

Friends received 1

p.m. until time of service at 6 p.m., Saturday, September 21,

2024 at the Jarvis

Williams Funeral

Home, 1224 S Bridge

St., New Martinsville,

WV 26155.

Memorial contributions may be mailed to

Jayden Pratt Trust,

217 Main St Suite

202, Middlebourne,

WV 26149 or stop by

WesBanco or Union

Bank to drop off donation at their drive-thru.

The family would

like to give a special

thank you to Journey

Hospice and WVU

Children’s Hospital.