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The Downey Eagle
September 19, 1997 Volume 5 Number 30

Alice Hankins Priest mourned at age of 79
DOWNEY-A Funeral Mass will be heard today, Friday, Sept. 19, at 11 a.m. at St. Raymond's Catholic 
Church for Alice Hankins Priest, a resident of South Gate since 1973 and a former resident of Downey, 
who died at Specialty Hospital of Southern California Sept. 13. 
She was born in Denton, Texas, Oct. 11, 1917 and was 79, the youngest of 11 children. 
She was preceded in death by her son, James Joseph Priest in 1957. 
Survivors include her husband, Vern A. Priest of South Gate; a son, Robert A. Priest of Mt. Baldy; a brother, 
Pierce Hankins of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and a sister, Ruby Betts of Wilton, California. 
Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Arrangements are by the Downey Zrelak 
Family Mortuary. 
Donations in her memory are suggested to the Mother Teresa Missionary Sisters of Charity, 10950 California 
Ave., Lynwood, CA 90262.