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Note: s near Little Rock. Rupert served in the Navy during World War I. He was chefon the Leviathan, a troop transport ship. He and ELodia were married when he returned home at the end of the war. During the Great Depression days, Rupert and his brothers made several attempts to make a success in the grocery business in North Little Rock, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and in Dallas, Texas; but they all failed. He moved his family to Ward, Arkansas, and he traveled as a salesmanfor Brach Candy Company. (He had always disliked the name Rupert, so he adopted the name "Bob" when he became a salesman.) He started working for the Snowdrift/Wesson Oil Company, and was transferred to Paducah, Kentucky, then Nashville, Tennessee, then Louisville, Kentucky, and back again to Nashville just before he decided to retire. Bob and Elodia moved to Houston, Texas, to retire andto be near their grand-children.
Note: Rupert Priest and ELodia (Lenox) were born and raised in Arkansas in small town
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