Charles D. Price | |
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Member of the VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the Page and Warren counties district | |
In office 1949–1965 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Daniel Price |
Died | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. | April 22, 1974
Resting place | Alma Lutheran Church Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mary Evelyn Grove (died 1959)Lennis Shoemaker Thrower (m. 1965;died 1965) |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Occupation |
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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.
Charles Daniel Price [1] graduated from the University of Virginia. [2] His brother was Roanoke commonwealth's attorney Samuel R. Price. [3]
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]
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]
In 1969, the Virginia School for the Blind and Deaf named a boys' dormitory in his honor. [5]
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