Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, December 17, 1973

HENRY DEPRIEST SR.

Henry H. DePriest Sr., 83, of 1610 Bush Dairy Road, died Saturday night in a Laurel nursing home after an extended illness. He was retired from Mengel's and was a member of 414 Masonic Lodge and Evangel Temple Assembly of God Church.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memory Chapel with the Revs. W. D. Slay and R. G. Hancock officiating. Burial will be in Hickory Grove.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Coral Morgan DePriest; three daughters: Mrs. George (Ruth) Frye, Salinas, Calif.; Mrs. Don (Florence) Williams, Charleston, S.C.; Mrs. Harry R. (Elaine) Foster, Laurel; one son, Henry Howard DePriest Jr., Dothan Ala.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Ft. Bragg, Calif.

Masonic rites will be held at the graveside, and Masons will be pallbearers.