B.R. DePriest

Bardie Ray “B.R.” DePriest, 70, of Union City, formerly of Atwood, died Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at Tennova Volunteer Hospital-Martin.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell Baptist Church in Lavinia. Burial followed in the Hopewell Cemetery.
Visitation was from noon until hour of service at the church Saturday.
Bodkins Funeral Home in Milan was in charge of arrangements.
He was born June 14, 1947, to the late Bardie CePriest and Lovie Louise Lippard DePriest of Atwood.
He was a former police officer for the City of Trezevant, and a sheriff’s deputy in Carroll County. He retired from the City of Union City Water Department after 20 years of service.
He is survived by his wife, Faye DePriest of Union City, formerly of Atwood; his sister, Kay Kemp (Sonny); two sons, Chris (Christine) and Chad DePriest; a daughter, Tasha Bowman (Jillian); and stepson, Michael Stout (Trisha). He is also survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Published 5.29.18