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Charles D. Price
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 lifeCharles Daniel Price[1] graduated from the University of Virginia.[2] His brother was Roanoke commonwealth's attorney Samuel R. Price.[3] CareerPrice 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 lifePrice 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] LegacyIn 1969, the Virginia School for the Blind and Deaf named a boys' dormitory in his honor.[5] References
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