Danny Priest

Danny Lester Priest, 59, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marty Brock officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be held at Gainey Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Southwest Georgia Hospice, 1223 E. Shotwell St. Bainbridge, GA 39819, Veteran's Hospital, 1601 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, or the Gainey Cemetery Fund, c/o Robert Gainey, 519 Stephens Rd., Cairo, GA 39828. Danny was born September 25, 1951 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of L. H. (Hancel) Priest and Alva Nix Priest. He attended Pine Hill School and Bainbridge High School. Danny was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Korea during the Vietnam War. He was a sales representative and regional manager for Lance, Inc., a candy distributor for Belcher's Candies, and was a truck driver for Shelton Transportation, Rentz Transportation, and Swift Transportation. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Nancy "Terrie" Gainey Priest of Bainbridge, GA; his sons, Danny Lee Priest and his wife, Lindsay, of Tacoma, WA and Christopher Priest of Bainbridge, GA; his brother, Charles Priest of Bainbridge, GA; his sister, Mary Collins of Bainbridge, GA; his sisters-in-law, Angela Chason and her husband, Pete, of Monroe, GA, Linda Josey and her husband, Ray, of Iron City, GA, Diane Demattei of Anderson, SC, and Lorraine Pless of Gainesville, GA; and numerous nephews and nieces. Mr. Priest was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Andrews.