Mildred C. Price

PRICE Mrs. Mildred C. Price went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 21, 2005. Mrs. Price was born Mildred Clara Askew in Stockbridge, Georgia on July 15, 1917. She was the daughter of Roy R. Askew and Ruby Hinton Askew. She married Floyd Ray Price and lived in Atlanta, Georgia until moving to Jacksonville in 1957. In her young life, she was a devoted and loving wife and mother. She was a homemaker, but during World War II, while her husband served his country in Germany, she worked helping to build B-29 bombers and was one of history's “ Rosie the Riveters”. For the last few years, she was a resident at Jacksonville Convalescent Health Care Center (Mariner). She was a member of North Jacksonville Baptist Church. She was a very kind and loving mother and grandmother. She was predeceased by her husband, Floyd Ray Price. She is survived by her daughters, Nita Price Pesata (son-in-law, Bill), Sandra Price Jones (a predeceased son-in-law, Dan Jones); 7 grandchildren: S kip Pesata, Julie Mattson, Sandy Greer, Gene Jones, Zelma Rahn, Ron Jones & Rick Jones; 11 great grandchildren; 2 sisters: Mrs. Jewel Bunnel of Jonesboro, GA & Mrs. Mary Adamson of Panama City, FL; sister-in-law, Mrs. Evelyn Askew, Peachtree City, GA; a devoted niece, Kanice Mattox of Powder Springs, GA and many other nieces, nephews and friends. Services will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday, (TODAY) from the North Jacksonville Chapel of PEEPLES FAMILY FUNERAL HOMES, 2220 Soutel Dr. near Lem Turner Road, with Dr. Herb Reavis, Jr., officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers are her grandsons. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com