- Mrs. O.F. Priest Died On Thursday
Mrs. O.F. Priest, who came here recently from Lampasas to join her husband, financial superintendent at Nichols Sanitarium, died at 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning, April 13. Her death follows a period of ill health of several months duration and a critical illness of three months. Her mother, Mrs. J.A. Mosley, also of Lampasas, has been at her bedside during this illness.
Deceased is survived by her husband and four sons. Interment was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, April 14, 1933
From the scrapbook of Lillian Grace Nay, transcribed by Linda Hughes
Death claimed O.F. Priest, Sr., 55, one of Big Spring's best known citizens, in Fort Stockton sometime Thursday.
Priest, founder of the Physicians Bureau of Texas and the Norman F. Priest Investment Company, had gone to Fort Stockton on business Wednesday, where he checked in at a hotel. His body was found in bed about 3:30 p.m. Thursday by hotel employees. Death is believed to have resulted from a heart involvement. He had experienced heart trouble for the past 12 years.
Priest, who maintained offices in the Petroleum building, had been a resident of Big Spring for the past 15 years. He came here as business manager for the Hall and Bennett clinic. He opened his own business in March, 1940.
Priest was born in Burnet county, Texas, Sept. 9, 1896. He was cashier of banks at Rochester and Lamesa before coming to Big Spring.
Priest's wife, Lola, passed away in Spur April 13, 1933. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Minnie Priest, who had been living with her son since the death of her husband seven years ago; three sons, Capt. Norman F. Priest of Bad Nauheim, Germany; O.F. Priest, Jr., of Big Spring and Deon Priest of San Angelo; two brothers, Hugh Priest of Lampasas and Leland Priest of Austin; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Parsons of Lometa; Mrs. Jud Mosely of Feather Falls, Calif.; and Mrs. Eulala Moore of Copperas Cove, Tex. and a grandchild.
The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and active in Masonic lodge circles.
Services are indefinite, pending word of the son in Germany. The body is at the Nalley Funeral Home.
©Big Spring (Texas) Herald, Friday, September 21, 1951, page 11
From the scrapbook of Lillian Grace Nay, transcribed by Linda Hughes
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