Mr. Priest, 54 years old, was born March 13, 1927, near East Prairie, a son of Jess and Mary Fobar Priest. On Oct. 8, 1950, he was married to Alta Jackson, who survives.
Mr. Priest was raised in East Prairie, and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army. He was self-employed as a builder, moving to Jackson from Charleston about 20 years ago.
He was a member of a Baptist Church in St. Louis.
In addition to his wife survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shane (Joyce) Johnston, Jackson, and Mrs. Kenneth (Gwen) Maloney, Jackson Route 2, his mother Charleston, two brothers, Charles Lee Priest, Parsons, Tenn, and Charles Thomas Priest, Cape Girardeau, seven sisters, Mrs. Robert Thompkins, Mrs. Raymond Brown, and Mrs. Ed duty, all of East Prairie, Mrs. George Sanders, Granite City, Ill., Mrs. Jim Mainer and Miss Edith Priest, both of Cape Girardeau, and Mrs Bobby Ray, Clinton, Ky. and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Gene Priest in 1955.
The body is at the Cracraft Miller Funeral Home here where friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery here.
Mr. Priest, 54 years old, was born March 13, 1927, near East Prairie, a son of Jess and Mary Fobar Priest. On Oct. 8, 1950, he was married to Alta Jackson, who survives.
Mr. Priest was raised in East Prairie, and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army. He was self-employed as a builder, moving to Jackson from Charleston about 20 years ago.
He was a member of a Baptist Church in St. Louis.
In addition to his wife survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Shane (Joyce) Johnston, Jackson, and Mrs. Kenneth (Gwen) Maloney, Jackson Route 2, his mother Charleston, two brothers, Charles Lee Priest, Parsons, Tenn, and Charles Thomas Priest, Cape Girardeau, seven sisters, Mrs. Robert Thompkins, Mrs. Raymond Brown, and Mrs. Ed duty, all of East Prairie, Mrs. George Sanders, Granite City, Ill., Mrs. Jim Mainer and Miss Edith Priest, both of Cape Girardeau, and Mrs Bobby Ray, Clinton, Ky. and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Gene Priest in 1955.
The body is at the Cracraft Miller Funeral Home here where friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery here.
Family Members
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Charlie Lee Priest
1917–1988
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Aline Priest Cranford Tompkins
1919–2014
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Helen Marie Priest Sanders
1921–2000
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Mildred Lee Priest Brown
1924–1993
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Wilma Nell Priest Mainer
1929–2021
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Ann Priest Duty
1931–2018
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Edith Marie Priest
1939–2018
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Charles Thomas "Bubby" Priest
1941–2019
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Mary Jessalean Priest Ray
1942–2006
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