DePriest, Ernest

of Grove Okla, died Jan 13, 2003. He was 73. Born Aug 5, 1929, in Madison Illinois, to Elmer Lee DePriest and Bertha Mae Brawley DePriest. He moved to Grove in 1991. He was a veteran of the Navy, retiring in 1968. He worked as a machinist, building shipping containers for airlines in Claremore Okla until retiring in 1991. Survivors include his wife, Gracie DePriest. . Burial in Buzzard cemetery near Grove.