# Sheriff Dell Pruitt

Sheriff Pruitt takes the peach run as a personal insult and gives chase. He never draws a weapon.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `southern-highway-1977-sheriff-dell-pruitt` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/southern-highway-1977-sheriff-dell-pruitt/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/southern-highway-1977-sheriff-dell-pruitt/record.json)

## At a glance

- fictional heavyset man about fifty-five, light sun-reddened skin, jowly scowling face, short graying hair under a hat, generic forgettable everyman features

- Loud, blustering, sputtering Southern outrage; barks orders into the radio and at no one in particular.

## Appearances

- [Southern Highway, 1977](/research/johns-world/johns-world-new-1977-microverse.html) (context: [Southern Highway, 1977](/field-guide/collections/southern-highway-1977/))

## Relationships

- [Deputy Wade Pruitt](/field-guide/entities/southern-highway-1977-deputy-wade-pruitt/): Uncle (Established)

## Sources

- Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: character.json (revision sha256:2444ee771874a7f746e7eab84c892c90b3ae4ad4002942703d95e8fdef45d579)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Sheriff Dell Pruitt: life reference.png](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-sheriff-dell-pruitt-life-reference-b71e429cab.png)

Existing source reference for Sheriff Dell Pruitt.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/imported/universe-southern-highway-1977-characters-sheriff-dell-pruitt-life-reference-b71e429cab.png) · Unpublished source notes: Southern Highway, 1977: life\_reference.png · v1 · SHA-256: `b71e429cab4076577aff081e4b930b2c643a6eb90de6dc8cec3c5e3be0926475`