Billy Henry Priest

Published 6:00 am Thursday, March 30, 2006

Services for Billy Henry Priest, of Hazlehurst, are 11 a.m.Thursday, March 30, at Brookhaven Funeral Home with burial inBethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Copiah County.

Visitation is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Priest, 68, died March 28, 2006, at St. Dominic – JacksonMemorial Hospital. He was born in Hazlehurst on June 20, 1937, toArchie Priest and Effie Cupit Priest.

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He was a retired iron worker. He was a member of the HazlehurstBranch of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Kathy Priest, of Hazlehurst; his sons,Warren Kinchen, of Wesson, and Craig Priest, of Florence; hisdaughters, Tammy Jordan, of Wesson, Tara Francois, of Hazlehurst,and Brenda Gaddy, of Georgetown; his brother, Bill Priest, ofCrystal Springs; his sisters, Cathy Wallace, of Texas, and BarbaraWiley, of Larto Lake, La.; and his 10 grandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.