Charles D. Price
Charles Daniel Price | |
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| Born | Template:Birth year and age |
| Died | April 22, 1974 (aged 78–79) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, businessman, livestock farmer |
| Years active | 1949–1965 (politics) |
| Known for | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1949–1965) |
Charles Daniel Price (passed away April 22, 1974) was a Virginia-based American politician who held office in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1949 through 1965.
Early life
Price completed his education at the University of Virginia. His sibling was Samuel R. Price, who served as Roanoke’s commonwealth's attorney.
Career
For sixteen years, Price was a member of the Page County School Board while also working as a livestock farmer in Page County, Virginia. He led the Virginia State Canners Association as its president and owned the Alma Cannery, which focused on tomato production within Page County.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Price represented both Page and Warren counties in the House of Delegates from 1949 until he decided not to run again in 1965. Additionally, he participated on the Page County Democratic committee and was a delegate at the 7th district convention.
In addition to politics, Price held leadership roles in business, serving as president of Farmers and Merchants National Bank located in Stanley and the Shen Valley Meat Packers Cooperative based in Timberville. He acted as Page County’s representative on the initial steering committee for the State Board of Community Colleges and was a board of visitors member for the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind between 1954 and 1966.
Personal life
Price was married to Mary Evelyn Grove, with whom he had a stepdaughter named Doris Elaine. After Mary’s death in 1959, he married Lennis (née Shoemaker) Thrower—daughter of Simeon Shoemaker—on April 30, 1965; she died later that August. His residence was in Alma, Virginia.
He experienced a heart attack and passed away the next day, April 22, 1974, at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. He was approximately 78 or 79 years old at his time of death and was interred at Alma Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Legacy
In recognition of his contributions, a boys’ dormitory at the Virginia School for the Blind and Deaf was named after him in 1969.