Editing Percy Priest (section)

== Death and legacy ==
In early October 1956, Priest entered a Nashville hospital for an operation on an [[ulcer]] and was reported in satisfactory condition. However, complications developed and he died in the early morning hours of October 12.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%208/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201956%20Oct-Nov%20Grayscale/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201956%20Oct-Nov%20Grayscale%20-%200412.pdf |title=Priest Dies; Democratic Party Whip |publisher=Niagara Falls Gazette |date=October 12, 1956}}</ref>

Priest was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. [[J. Percy Priest Dam]], a [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] hydroelectric and [[flood]] control structure just east of Nashville on the [[Stones River]] (and easily visible from [[Interstate 40]]) is named in his honor, as is [[Percy Priest Lake]] (created by the dam) and an elementary school in [[Forest Hills, Tennessee|Forest Hills]], a suburb of Nashville.<ref>[http://www.percypriest.org/ "PPE History" Percy Priest Elementary website]</ref>

In August 2010, it was announced that Priest's papers, along with the research files of Rebecca Stubbs, author of the biography ''J. Percy Priest and His Amazing Race'', had been donated to the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]].<ref>[http://tnsos.org/Press/story.php?item=221 "State Library & Archives Receives Donation of Papers of J. Percy Priest, Prominent Former Tennessee Congressman and Journalist" Tennessee Department of State press release]</ref>