Charles D. Price Explained

Charles D. Price
State Delegate:Virginia
District:Page and Warren counties
Term Start:1949
Term End:1965
Birth Name:Charles Daniel Price
Death Place:Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Resting Place:Alma Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Charles Daniel Price (died April 22, 1974) was an American politician from Virginia. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1949 to 1965.

Early life

Charles Daniel Price[1] graduated from the University of Virginia.[2] His brother was Roanoke commonwealth's attorney Samuel R. Price.[3]

Career

Price was a member of the Page County School Board for 16 years. He was a livestock farmer in Page County, Virginia. He was president of the Virginia State Canners Association.[4] He owned the Alma Cannery and was known for growing tomatoes in Page County.[3]

Price was a Democrat. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Page and Warren counties, from 1949 to 1965. In 1965, he did not seek re-election.[5] He served on the Page County Democratic committee. He was elected as a delegate to the 7th district convention.[5]

Price was president of Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Stanley and the Shen Valley Meat Packers Cooperative in Timberville.[5] He was Page County's representative in the State Board of Community Colleges original steering committee. From 1954 to 1966, he was a member of the board of visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.[5] [6]

Personal life

Price married Mary Evelyn Grove. His stepdaughter was Doris Elaine. His wife died in 1959.[7] [8] He married Lennis (née Shoemaker) Thrower, daughter of Simeon Shoemaker, on April 30, 1965. She died in August 1965.[1] [9] He lived in Alma.[2]

Price had a heart attack died the following day, April 22, 1974, aged 78 or 79, at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.[2] [5] He was buried in Alma Lutheran Church Cemetery.[2]

Legacy

In 1969, the Virginia School for the Blind and Deaf named a boys' dormitory in his honor.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Price Wedding Held at Stanley . 1965-05-05 . . 27 . . 2024-09-28.
  2. News: C. D. Price Dies; Former Delegate . 1974-04-24 . . 2 . . 2024-09-28.
  3. News: State Canners End Convention . 1926-03-06 . The Roanoke Times . 15 . . 2024-09-28.
  4. News: Page Democrats Back C. D. Price for House . 1949-04-28 . The Roanoke Times . 2 . . 2024-09-28.
  5. News: C. D. Price . 1974-04-23 . Leader . 3 . . 2024-09-28.
  6. News: Lynchburger Named School Chairman . 1966-09-16 . The Daily Advance . 17 . . 2024-09-28.
  7. News: Mrs. C. D. Price Dies at Luray . 1959-09-14 . . 13 . . 2024-09-28.
  8. News: Miss Walters Becomes Bride of Mr. Smith . 1954-06-27 . . 10C . . 2024-09-28.
  9. News: Funeral Service Slated for Mrs. L. T. Price . 1965-08-25 . . 4 . . 2024-09-28.