Tommy Rex Priest, Jr.

November 13, 1936 - October 8, 2016

Tommy “Rex” Priest, Jr., 79, of Englewood passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Englewood Community Hospital. Born on November 13, 1936 in Tampa, to the late Tommy Rex and Louise Pierce Priest, he had been a resident of Charlotte County since 1993. Rex was a second generation Floridian who graduated in 1955 from Hillsborough High School in Tampa. He proudly served 36 years for the Seaboard Coastline and then CSX Railroad prior to retiring in 1990. He was a member of the Englewood United Methodist Church. Rex was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was happiest boating, golfing, watching FSU football, traveling in his RV with his beloved wife and pup or scheming a project to be completed. While he loved his home on Pine Bay in Englewood, his heart was always on the Toccoa River in North Georgia. He was enormously proud, dependable, witty and in the eyes of his family, there was nothing he could not build or fix. Or cook. He will be missed dearly and his family will patiently await a heavenly reunion. Survivors include his loving wife of thirty-eight years: Kristin Priest; five daughters: Ashley (Michael) Priest, Tammy (Reggie) Priest, Deborah Casey, Kimberly (Emile) Garcia, Shannon (Chris) Taylor; two sons: Tommy Rex Priest III and Steven (Dana) Braden; two brothers: Dr. David G. (Ann) Priest and Dr. Joseph (Dee) Priest; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shrines Children’s Hospital, 2900 North Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida 33607 or [email protected] in memory of Rex Priest. Englewood Community Funeral Home with Private Crematory has been selected to handle arrangements. You may share a memory with the Priest family at www.englewoodfh.com