Published in the pages of : The Lawton Constitution , Lawton,OK , November 12 , 1978:::::
Ima Priest { my note : full name ; Ima Pearl Longmire / Burch , Priest }
Funeral for Ima Pearl Priest , 72 , of 615 Monroe , who died Saturday morning in a hospital here after a brief illness , will be at 10:30 A.M. Monday in the Eighth and Lee Church of Christ , with Byron Denman officiating . Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery under direction of Becker Funeral Home .
Mrs. Priest was born July 10 , 1906 , in Winters , Texas . She came to Lawton from Fletcher about 25 years ago .
She was a housewife and a member of the Eighth and Lee Church of Christ . She also taught Sunday School at the Church , and was one of the founders of the Church of Christ in Fletcher .
She was married to Marvin Burch , who died in 1947 , and was then married to Ernest C. Priest , December 3 , 1950 , in Fletcher.
Survivers include her husband ; three sons : Leroy Burch, San Diego , CA ; G.D. Burch , Grapevine , Texas ; and Marshall Burch , Lawton , Oklahoma ; three stepsons : J.C. Priest , Colorado Springs , CO ; Ralph Priest , Lawton , Oklahoma ; and Jerry Priest , Norman ,Oklahoma ; two brothers , Charley and Sylvester Longmire , both of Houston , Texas ; 12 grandchildren , three great grandchildren , seven step-grandchildren , and two step-greatgrandchildren .
Submitted by : her granddaughter , that loved her deeply , and misses her greatly , Jodi "Burch" Welch .