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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Willie Bell Priest
Willie Bell
Priest
January 8, 1931 – February 15, 2015
Willie Bell Priest's Obituary
Willie Bell Priest, 84, of Roxie, MS passed from this life on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Franklin County Memorial Hospital in Meadville, MS. Visitation will be at Franklin Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM and continue at Providence Baptist Church on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 12:00 PM till time of service at 1:00 PM. The graveside service will follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Calvin Wactor will be officiating the services. Franklin Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers are Jamie Ward, Quentien Garretson, Sebastian Harrell, Joey Priest, Landon Harrell, Ayden Harrell and Lewis Coker. Honorary Pallbearers are her nephews.
Mrs. Priest was born January 8, 1931 in Franklin County, MS to C D and Hattie Ikerd Faust. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church. She worked for many years as a seamstress at Movie Star Factory in Bude, MS. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother that loved her family and church family deeply.
Mrs. Priest was preceded in death by her parents, C D and Hattie Ikerd Faust; husband, Troy Priest, Sr.; daughter, Lydia Priest; sisters, Bessie Corban, Dorothy Shackelford, Ruby Davis, Peggy Thompson and Jo Ann White; and brothers, James Faust, Morris "B" Faust and Arthur "Sonny" Faust.
Survivors are her son, Troy "Randy" Priest, Jr. and wife Gloria of Roxie, MS; daughters, Mona Priest Ward and husband Melvin of Meadville, MS, and Hattie Priest Goodson and husband Denver of Meadville, MS; sisters, Betty Faust Lipsey and husband J D of Monterey, LA, and Charles Faust Burley of Dubach, LA; grandchildren, Melanie Priest Harrell and husband Willie, Laura Priest, Harrell, Brandy Priest Wheeler and husband Locke, Jamie Ward and wife Tracy, Jennifer Ward Combs and husband Garrick, Kimberly Ward Wallace and husband David, Kasey Ward Johnson and husband Chad, Melissa Goodson Woodcock and husband Heath, Stacy Goodson Coker and husband Lewis, Quentien Garretson and wife Christy, and Michelle Garretson; 24 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
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