Title
Mr.
Last Name
Priest
First Name
Villnovie
Middle Name
M.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Guilford, ME
Date of Birth
1927-04-20
Place of Death
Dexter, ME
Date of Death
1968-06
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 6-6-1968, p.5
Obituary
VILLNOVIE M. PRIEST Villnovie M. Priest, Jr., was found dead in Upper Lake Wassookeag Tuesday morning. Priest was born in Guilford on April 20, 1927, the son of the late Villnovie M. Priest, Sr., and Mrs. Helen Priest of Dexter. For the past nine years, he was employed as a meat-cutter, most recently at Ben's Meat Market in Fairfield. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Penobscot Masonic Lodge. Surviving besides his mother are a son, Brian and two daughters, Sharon and Catherine, all of South Carolina; a half-brother, Dwight Drew of Guilford; a niece and a nephew; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services are being held today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at the Crosby Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Gordon Parlin will officiate.