Billy Dean “Pratt” Scales, passed Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Public viewing will be held from 1:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at Perry Spencer Funeral Home, Madison, NC. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m .Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at Mary D. Perry Chapel, Madison, NC with the funeral service beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Billy Dean (Pratt) Scales, son of the late Sidney Edward Martin and Nannie Mae Dalton, was born September 20, 1965. He departed this life to enter eternal life on May 31, 2023, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC.

He was a 1983 graduate of Madison Mayodan High School and participated in wrestling and track while enrolled. He was a self-employed handy man until his health failed him. Billy was an avid sports fans, there were only two teams in the professional arena—the Dallas Cowboys and the Duke Blue Devils according to the Gospel of Pratt Chapter1:1.

He joined St. Stephens United Methodist Church at an early age. Billy enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1993 and was Honorably discharged in 1986. During his tenure in the military, he was the recipient of various awards including: M16 Rifle, hand grenade expert, Army Service and Overseas ribbons, Army achievement medal (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster) and Good Conduct Medal.

He was preceded in death by brothers: Willie and John Pratt; Charles, Larry, and Edward Martin and sisters Alberta Ziglar and Carolyn Martin. He was also preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Nannie Spencer Lowe.

Those left to cherish his memories: his mother; Nannie Dalton (Sis); sisters: Mary D. Martin, Gloria Lowe (Wayne) and Mattie Pratt (John) of Madison, NC; Hessie Garner and Stella Terry (William) of Eden, NC: Lisa Lindsey of Raleigh, NC, and Elizabeth Martin (James) of Reidsville, NC; one brother; Fred Martin of Madison, NC; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. He has a special bonus son, Cory Settle.