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Submitted: 8/8/22 • Approved: 8/8/22 • Last Updated: 8/11/22 • R530432-G0-S3
DR. W. A. Price
1867-1922
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
This community suffered one of the severest blows it has ever sutained [sic] in the death of Dr. W.A. Price, one of the Panhandle's most eminent physicians and surgeons, who passed away at his home here Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Dr. Price had been in failing health for months. He returned from a sanitarium at Temple, Texas, about two weeks ago and soon took to his bed, where he suffered greatly until death released him. His passing was not unexpected and several members of his family had gathered here in the face of the inevitable.
Funeral services have been announced for the Methodist church on Wednesday afternoon, July 12, at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J.W. Storey, Dr. Price's former pastor, assisted by Rev. M.M. Beavers. The Masonic lodge will take charge of the burial ceremonies, and a call to members of the lodge has been issued for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Friends have been invited to the home.
Dr. Price is survived by his wife, three daughters, his mother, seven sisters and two brothers. His son, Otho, accidentally met death exactly two years ago. In addition to his wife and daughters those present at the time of his death were two sisters, Miss Annie Price of Fort Worth and Mrs. J.L. Moorhead of Tuscola, Texas. Mrs. R.E. Johnson of Tyler, Texas, a sister to Mrs. W.A. Price, and Royal A. Terry of Shattuck, Okla., his son-in-law. Others expected for the funeral are Mrs. and Mrs. T.A. Gardner of Lometa, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis McElroy of Amarillo.
Dr. Price's service to humanity and to his community has been long and faithful and his loss is a severe one. A man of strong and striking personality, of broad view, and of rare surgical skill, he leaves a host of sorrowful friends who will miss him as a man, as a virile citizen, as a surgeon.
Dr. William Alonzo Price was born in Baldwin, Miss., Nov. 11, 1867. His father was Rev. Joseph L. Price, a native of Mississippi and an itinerant minister of the M.E. Church, South. His mother was Martha Ann Hun, also a native of Mississippi.
With four children they came to Texas as pioneers in 1875 and settled near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. After two years they moved to Buhouse [sic], Coryell Co., Texas. This place is still the home place.
In 1889 Dr. Price was married to Miss Annie Gardner. To this union were born two children, Otho and Annie. In 1893 he was graduated from Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Kentucky. His wife died Feb. 11, 1893 and with his two children he returned to Texas and began the practice of medicine - the work that he pursued faithfully until his death.
May 13, 1894, he was married to Miss Nettie Adams in Milan County, Texas. Here they resided until 1906, at which time the family moved to San Marcos, Texas. In 1907 they moved to Hereford. To this union were born two children, Bernadine, now Mrs. Royal A. Terry, and Gwendolyn.
Dr. Price was a member of the M.E. Church South, a Royal Arch Mason and held membership in the Deaf Smith, Castro and Randall Counties Medical Societies, also in the State and the American Medical Associations.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 22nd Year, No. 49, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 1922, Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Alonzo Price
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 May 1894
Marriage Place: Milam, Texas, United States
Spouse: Hattie Adams
FHL Film Number: 978170
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Doctor W A Price
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 54
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1867
Birth Place: Mississippi
Death Date: 10 Jul 1922
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Price
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
Name: William A. Price
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1867
Death Date: 10 Jul 1922
Death Place: Geeville, MS
Type Practice: Allopath
Practice Specialities: Hereford, TX, 1893
Licenses: TX, 1907
Practice Dates Places: Hereford, TX, 1893
Medical School: Louisville Medical College, Louisville, 1893, (G)
Education: Centenary Coll., TX
Cause of Death: chronic interstitial nephritis; (M)
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