JAMES PRICE
1904-1953
Victim of Heart Attack in Ligon Mine
Funeral services were held January 7 at Meally for James Price, 51,
who died suddenly with a heart attack on July 5 while working in
the mines of the Clear Branch Mining Company at Ligon.
He was a member of one of Johnson County's oldest families and had
resided her most of his life. At the time of his death, he was a
resident of Bevinsville, Ky.
He was born in Oklahoma City, OK, on June 28, 1904, a son of George
W. and Hester Auxier Price. He was married to Miss Ruth Music of
East Point on May 29, 1918.
He was a member of the East Point Masonic Lodge and was affiliated
with the United Baptist Church.
Survivors besides his widow are two sons and two daughters, Charles
Alvin Price, Meally, Pauil Byron Price, Ashland, Mre Buretta
Travis, Thelma, and Mrs. Anna Pearl Travis, Ashland, also two
sisters, and two brothers, Mrs. Nora Johnson, Thelma, Mrs. George
Ferguson, Price, Ky., Garner W. Price, Toledo, Ohio, and Eugene
Price, city,. Twelve grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held in the United Baptist Church at Meally
by Reverend Leonard Walters, Reverend L.T. Preston.
Interment was in the family cemetery at Thelma under the direction
of the Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Jan 14 1953
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