Obituaries:  James Coleman Priest, Sabine Parish       P-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 20, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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James Coleman Priest

  Funeral services for James Coleman Priest, 62, of Arkadelphia,
Arkansas, were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 14, at the
Murry-Ruggles Funeral Home Chapel in Arkadelphia.

  The Rev. Gary Turner officiated. Burial was in the Rest Haven
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, under the direction of Myrry-Ruggles.

  Mr. Coleman died on Monday, Dec. 11, near Fulton, Arkansas. He
was born July 29, 1933, in Luxora, Ark., and was the son of Chat
Harmon, and Georgia Walker Priest. He was a welder, a courier for
All Care Pharmacy, a Korean War Army veteran, a longtime member
of AA, and a Baptist.

  Survivors are his wife, Barbara Jean Getty Priest; one daughter,
Janis Ann Priest Skaggs of Ft. Smith, Ark.; three sons, Jeffrey
Lynn Priest of Jackson, Miss., Jesse Coleman Priest Jr. of
Okalona, and John Mark Priest of El Dorado; his stepfather and
mother, Huel and Georgia Selph of Sparkman; one brother, Bob
Selph of Sparkman; five sisters, Betty Daniell of Hampton, Ark.,
Barbara Richardson Rougeau of Many, Jewell Priest Peters, Sue
Wilbanks, and Maybelle Robbins, all of Sparkman; seven
grandchildren, Daniel Brooks, Charles Brooks, Jeffrey Lynn Priest
Jr., Morgan Raymond Skaggs, Nancy Lee Priest Beevers, Donnie
Baker, and Melody Brooks; one great grandson, Shannon Beevers.