Forrest Carpenter Price

He was born October 24, 1928, in Rutherford County, NC, and was the son of the late Forrest Brent and Mattie Carpenter Price. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, graduated from Western Carolina, and received his Masters of Education from UNC-C. For 33 years, he was a sixth-grade teacher at Troutman Elementary School and Troutman Middle School. He was an active member at First ARP Church where he had served as a Sunday school teacher and an elder. He was a member of the Golden K Club and served the community as a volunteer at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Joyce Price and Mary Sue Thompson; and a brother, James Price.

Forrest is survived by his wife of 52 years, Shirley Kearns Price, whom he married on August 17, 1958; a daughter, Allison Wise of Fairborn, OH; two sons, Brent Price and his wife, Tammy, of Newland and Kelly Price and his wife, Crystal, of Lexington; a grandson, Anthony Szary of Fairborn, OH; and a sister, Ina Mae Lutz, and her husband, Wayne, of Spindale.

Memorial services celebrating Forrest’s life will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, July 11, 2011, at First ARP Church with the Rev. Robert Shearer officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 PM Sunday at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625; or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.