PRIEST, Clifton - "Tip" - Putnam

Greencastle, Ind – Clifton K. “Tip” Priest, 85, Greencastle, a lifelong Putnam County resident, died Friday in a local nursing home.  He had worked at Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors Corp and had owned and operated Priest Meat Processing Plant in Brick Chapel. He was a member of Brick Chapel United Methodist Church.  Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home here with calling from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. Survivors: wife, Bessie Woodworth Priest daughters, Joy Cooper and Gayle Brown; sons, Doyne, Wayne and Carroll Priest; 13 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren. – kbz