Elvin Ralph Price

Elvin Ralph Price of Cantonment, Florida, departed this life on the 9th day of August, 2011, at West Florida Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Price was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on the 22nd day of February, 1929. Parents were Perry Price and Mildred Price and he had two sisters, Virginia and Pearl. He grew up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania where he lived until he joined the United States Navy serving his country around the world until his retirement in 1976, and finally settling in Escambia County, Florida, until his death.

Surviving Mr. Price were his wife, Beulah Barnhill Price formerly of the Dixie Community in Escambia County, Alabama, five children: Stephen Price, Edward Price, Gayle Larcom Cook, Ronald Larcom, and Kenneth Ard, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. One son, Michael Price, preceded him in death.

Visitation for family members will be at Charity Baptist Church on Roberts Road, Cantonment, from 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. and visitation for the public will be from 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Funeral services will be at Charity Baptist Church on Roberts Road, Monday, August 15, 2011, from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M., and interment will follow at 11:45 A.M. at Barrancas National Cemetery on the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, with full military honors.

Arrangements under the direction of Eastern Gate Memorial Funeral Home, Pensacola, FL.