Billy E. 'Buddy' Price

Wren –Billy E. “Buddy” Price, 75, died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. Born on August 12, 1936, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Bill and Eva Mae Plunkett Price.

Mr. Price attended Becker School. He honorably served in the US Marine Corps. Loving his work, Mr. Price worked in construction as a truck driver and heavy equipment operator. He was an Elder of Wren Presbyterian Church. Mr. Price enjoyed gardening, woodworking, Gospel music, and watching Westerns. He could always be found chewing his tobacco.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Buchanan Price, Wren; daughters, Dixie Tomlinson (Andy), Starkville, Charlyne Schoolar (Ken), Amory, Rose Land (Robert), Oxford, AL, Donna McWhorter (Eddie), Lehigh Acres, FL, and Charlene Felton, Lehigh Acres, FL; sons, Art Buchanan (Pam), Amory and Lynn Price (Nancy), Buckingham, FL; brother, Bobby Price (Ann), Greenwood Springs; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews; and special friend, Sassy Price, Okolona.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Katherine Stoddard and Dorothy Kimbell; brother, Leroy Price; and a son, Charles Buchanan, Jr.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4 PM, Thursday, June 21, 2012, at Masonic Cemetery with Bro. Bob Secrist, Bro. Maurice McIntosh, and Bro. Bobby Price officiating. Pallbearers will be Bruce Schoolar, Patrick Schoolar, Dixon Tomlinson, Brandon Schoolar, John Walden, and Danny Stoddard. Honorary pallbearers will be Jamie Hatcher, Lawrence Buchanan, and the Staff of Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks.

Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society, c/o Beth May, PO Box 269, Amory, MS 38821.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.