Julie Peyton Davis Price

Julie Peyton Davis Price

San Angelo

Julie Peyton Davis Price, 87, of San Angelo, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, in San Angelo.

Julie was born July 16, 1928, to Delia Fondren Greaves and John Dan Davis in Meridian, Mississippi. She was the first child of four girls. Growing up she attended schools in Jackson, Mississippi, and Port Gibson, Mississippi, where she graduated as valedictorian and "Miss Port Gibson High." Julie went on to attend Ole Miss from 1945-1949, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Classics. She also served as the society editor at Ole Miss for three years and was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority. Her post-graduate work was at LSU and Sul Ross University. Julie attended airline school in Minneapolis Minnesota, and worked as a Delta Airline stewardess for a brief time. Julie lived in many cities: Meridian, Mississippi; Port Gibson, Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; Denton, Texas; Mexia, Texas; and Kenosha Wise, Waukegan, Illinois, before settling in Fort Stockton, Texas, for 40 years. In Fort Stockton she worked as an English teacher at Fort Stockton High School. Julie married Omer D. Price on Dec. 12, 1950, and they shared 65 years together. Omer and Julie retired to San Angelo in 1993.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Todd Cannon Price; one sister, Joan Davis Myers; and stepbrother William Whitesides.

Julie is survived by her husband, Omer D. Price; her children, Dirk Doyle Price and his wife, Jane Almquist, of Ashland, Oregon, Brett Schyler Price of San Angelo, formerly of Nashville, Tennessee, and Jill Peyton Price Henderson and her husband, Grant William Henderson, of Dallas; her grandchildren, Peyton Henderson Popp and her husband, Martin Alexander Popp, of Houston and William Grant Henderson, of Dallas, Texas; her great-grandchildren, Henry Martin Popp, Hadley Peyton Popp and Harper Price Popp; her brother and sister, Delie Greaves Davis, of New York, New York, and Jean Davis Nickolic of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Julie was involved in a number of organizations throughout her lifetime. She loved volunteering at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Stockton, for Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts and was a scout leader, Kappa Delta Sorority Alumni, served as president of the PanHellenic Council and was a member of the Historical Society in Midland, Texas.

The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in Harper Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Jim Miles officiating.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Fort Stockton.

Family and friends are invited to share condolences for Julie at harper-funeralhome.com.