Max Clarence Price

Max Clarence Price, 85, 500 Penny Lane and formerly of Kannapolis passed away Sunday, November 14, 2010, at his residence at Morningside Assisted Living Center after several months of declining health. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Neal Brower and Rev. Dr. Luther Price will officiate. Entombment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in China Grove. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:00 pm Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Born Feb. 10, 1925, in Monroe, NC, he was the son of John. L. Price and Ella Griffin Price, both of Kannapolis. Max served in World War II with the third armored division. He enlisted on April 28, 1943 and was discharged on January 17, 1946. He was in battles in Ardennes, Rhineland and throughout Central Europe. Max received the European-African Middle Eastern Service Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars upon discharge. Max worked in the sewing room and business machine service shop throughout his career with Cannon Mills in Kannapolis. Max attended AL Brown High School and Rowan Technical College. He was a member of Jackson Park United Methodist Church in Kannapolis. Survivors include wife Louise Price Greensboro, NC, son John Price and his wife Betsy, Greensboro NC, grandsons Kevin Price, Greensboro and Brian Price, Greenville, NC brother Reverend Doctor Luther Price, Anderson, S.C.; sister Julia Pope, Kannapolis step brother Jennings Trull, Kannapolis and step sister Eunice Suther, Salisbury; sister in law Hazel Price of Landis and various nieces and nephews. The family requests that memorials be sent to Jackson Park United Methodist Church, 715 Mable Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.