John Lee Price Sr.

FORT MILL - John Lee Price Sr., 81, of 139 Brookmead Dr., died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at his home.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at Honaker Funeral Home in Honaker, VA.. Burial will be in the River Mountain Cemetery.

Born in Honaker, VA., he is the son of the late Samuel Columbus Price and Myrtie Honaker Price.
John and his wife Martha had a large family with seven children. He was blessed with many grandchildren and great grand children. He was a wonderful father who loved to joke with his children. He enjoyed gardening,working on his 1953 Ford truck and tinkering in his work shed. He loved to watch birds and enjoyed spending time outdoors. He liked bluegrass and county music and would frequently bribe his children to sing for him when they were young. In his younger days he loved to watch wrestling on TV but as he grew older, he often watched the soaps with his daughters.During his life he worked in many different fields, including the Army, railroad, as a mechanic,in the logging industry, at a hospital, a fencing company and a cotton mill. He was a man of many talents.

He is survived by one son, John Lee Price Jr.; five daughters, Patricia Street, Kathy Price, Myrtie Patterson, Tammy Ash, and Jeannie Robbins; three brothers, Grady Price, George Price, and Coy Price; one sister, Molly Johnson; 24 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Martha Keen Price; one son, Lonnie Price; five brothers, Banner Price, Taze Price, Paul Price, Douglas Price, Henry Price; four sisters, Elgie Wolford, Betty Honaker, Doisie Mae Peevy, and Mary Ellen Sauls.

Whitesell Funeral Home is serving the Price family locally.