Sunday, February 5, 2012

Calvin McKinley Price Jr.


KINGSPORT — Calvin McKinley Price, Jr. was born Feb. 17, 1957 in Kingsport to the late JoAnn and Calvin M. Price Sr.

He severed his country in the U.S. Navy. Kenny was a member of Mount Zion Tabernacle Holiness Church having severed as the vice president of the Men’s Ministry. He was an active member of the West Virginia and East Tennessee Council and he served as the assistant secretary of the Men’s Ministry and in addition he was a member of the Council’s Security Team.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Frank and Nellie Price; and his maternal grandparents, Conlee and Monnie Maxwell.
He is survived by his four children, Calvin “Tra” Price III, Ms. Victoria
Price, Ms. Isabella Price, and Ms. Tammy Wolfe; his wife of 14 years, Ms. Lavonda Harris Price; two grandchildren; Josh and Tyler, all of Kingsport; four sisters; Ms. Valerie Shivers, Ms. Leslie (Clifton) Carpenter, Ms. JoRita Ferguson, Ms. Melissa ( Richard Sr) Williams all from Church Hill; two brothers, Victor ( Gretta) Simon of Nashville, Tenn. and Calvin Price of Dallas, Tex.; four aunts, Ms. Ola Beatrice Rogers of Gate City, Va. Ms. Minnie Cox, Church Hill, Tenn. Ms. Geneva Ross, Washington D.C., and Ms. Mary Louise Courtney of Kingsport; two uncles, Richard ( Rochelle) Maxwell and Wallace Ross Jr. of Gate City, Va.; special friends, Ms. Becky Hawk and Mr. Bill Powers; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at price@clarkfc.com or www.clarkfc.com

Funeral services for Mr. Calvin McKinley Price, Jr. will be conducted Monday at 1 pm from Mount Zion Tabernacle Holiness Church 386 Dunbar St. Kingsport, with Dr. Lester Turner officiating.

The family will receive friends from 12 noon until the hour of service.

Burial to follow at the VA National Cemetery, Mt. Home, Tenn.

Calvin McKinley Price, Jr and family are in the care of Clark Funeral Chapel and Cremation Service, Inc. 802-806 East Sevier Ave. Kingsport, Tenn. (423) 245-4971.