Eloise Price

Eloise C. Price

Eloise C. Price, 62, of Aroda, died on Friday, September 3, 2010, in the Martha Jefferson Hospital.

She was born November 4, 1947, the daughter of the late Johnnie Franklin and Bernice Jarrell Carpenter.

After graduating from the Madison County High School, Eloise moved to Northern Virginia for 35 years. She had several state and federal government jobs and last was employed at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia.

In 1992, she moved to the Aroda area and married Walter Price. She became involved with the Madison County Humane Society and was elected as President in the mid 1990's. During 2006 the society expanded and became known as the Madison-Greene Humane Society and she served as Executive Director until she resigned from that position on July 1, 2010, due to health complications.

Mrs. Price is survived by her husband, Walter T. Price Jr. of Aroda; step- children, Kristi K. Price of Fall River, Massachusetts, Laura A. Bowen and her husband, Rob, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and Jay S. Price and partner, Michele Miano, of Marshfield, Massachusetts; two step- grandchildren, Baylor Robert Bowen and Payson Jayne Bowen; two cousins, Martha Ellen Ford and her husband, Charles, of Aroda, and Robert Nelson "Bill" Lohr and his wife, Peggy, of Plano, Texas.

A graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, September 6, 2010, at Walkers United Methodist Church Cemetery conducted by the Reverend Lindsay Ellis.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Madison-Greene Humane Society, P.O. Box 833, Madison, VA 22727.

Preddy Funeral Home in Madison is in charge of arrangements.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.