Price, D. J.

Submitted by
Sue Hearon, 2002-03
Sue & Earl's Web

D.J. Price, 78, of Howe, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2003, in Poteau. He was born April 22, 1924 at LeFlore to Minnie and Deck Price Sr. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the Chemical Warfare Group in England. He was a lifelong resident of LeFlore County and was widely known by many customers and friends as the meat market manager of various grocery and supermarkets in the area. In 1947 he became a member of the Spiro Masonic Lodge and received his 50 year pin at Heavener Masonic Lodge No. 154. He was a member of the Eastern Star, a charter member and deacon of Bethel Baptist Church and was in the Kiamichi Area Brotherhood Organization. He especially enjoyed working with the youth as a Sunday School teacher and at church camp. God gave him a love for hunting and fishing and he never failed to use that opportunity to witness to many men on the banks of rivers and lakes.

Survivors include his wife, Annabelle Luton Price of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Anna Louise and Ted Smith of Poteau; four grandchildren, Heather and Chris Butler of Owasso, Allisha and Wade Wiseley of Prattville, Khris and Charlotte Smith of Broken Arrow and Creigh Smith of Poteau; six great-grandchildren, Dalton, Colton and Brendon Wiseley and Joshua, Jacob and Dannielle Butler; one brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Nona Price of Moore; one niece, Sharon Hancock of Norwalk, Calif.; nephews, Presly Price of Yuma, Ariz., James Wayne McCauley of California, Archie Price of McAlester and Ronnie Price of Moore; one brother, James McCauley of Norwalk, Calif.; numerous other relatives and loved ones; and a host of beloved friends.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2 at Bethel Baptist Church in Wister with the Rev. Clyde Steelman officiating. Burial will follow in Howe Cemetery under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.

Pallbearers will be Lanny Akers, Anthony Ballew, Simon Billy, Rodney Nobles, Dennis Shoup and Sam Walden.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of the...

Howe Cemetery