Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-04
LAY Former MAYOR
l.E. PRkt TO REST
PvWesai MIs Astsvneon Largely
Atteoded BY oes'olals and
others.

via simple Int imprs se,ve scrv'cea.
- tvnesNi q the lAxe James p. Price.
Q eUrmsr mayor ce Wilmington. wAs
heaA thls afSsrnccn at $40 o'clock.
The huAy haA rested In state st his
late hssuA <of West Twenty-hrst
ssr~es. un<ti n w~s removed 70 tho
N1rss and Central Presbyterian
,Nur'h. whore tho eervices werc held.
'rhey w~r~ In charge cf the pastor.
nov. Aquilia Webb. n. II. Mr.. rrico
FOR many years had hesn an active
member Of this church and always
tseyiy interested IN IT, AFFAIRS. Inter
inent w~s made In Riverview Gene
tsr>.
The funeral was attended by a large
wumter cf the ftiends " the city's
isse chief executive together with rep
resentatives of tho several fratcrnal
vfsAu,satione ~ which he had been
n member. City Councilman In COM
v.iAncc With . motion passed at their
isst meeting o. 10 honor 20 former
Mayer Price wcrc present in a body.
ihe mrmhcra having previously as
p,nhlcd ~ city Hail and marched 20
,he church.
rhs honorary pallts,arorr were the
ncmhers ~ thu .-ssion ~ First and
central church of which body Mr..
tric. had Ions been worry valued
member. Tho ac,ivo rsll bearers wcro
iWhn y, Ncinscroth and James s'erl-
inv. r.preesn,ing Fire; and Central
Presbyterian church, Herbert Down
ms and Charles itillogns. representing
ths odd Fellows and John Macklem
ana Superintendent of Police George
nlsrh. rcrrca.nting tho Masonic fra
tsrnit,,
Tn. ncrnl offerings were numerous
md ~ handsome design. They came
from friend, ~ tho iate mayor In All
vAlka - iife and made beautiful
tribute 20 tho general popularity oi
ihe man himself who had ondcarod
himself In so many WAYS both In pub.
lle and private life to hundreds oi
friends.
Tho fciiowins resolutions on IN,
death - Mv. iriec hsve hcca ndopto,
hr the ncssion - Flrst-Contra
church
whereas. Cod. IN Ills wisdom. ha,
called cur beloved fellow elder. Hon.
urahle Jane y. Price. from his busy
useful lifo hero % tho fuller. r,ohoi
lie in the presence ot His Master
whom he 80 iang loved and faith
full, erryei, and
Wh,resr. Tho swift call which
Osme a. him IN the evening Of Feb
rnsrv I, ipse. IN fulninsns % tn
word surely como quickly" wa
N.sa la. s.l
Even to, como. Lord Jesus" and
Whereas. First and Central Pres
lntcrlan Church has. IN his death
loHt a member whose consistent chris
ttn lie always shcundca IN the work
- tho iord ana the fruits Of IN
sulri,. and
Whereas. Tho members of the SO.
sion of said church. feeling that IA
r~aaion has ioe, one of i,s moe, faitl,
fn' snemtera. whosc gentle spirit. low
ing hAri and ,sanctincd wisdom 10
Dul'asly endeAred him 20 all nj. fe
iv members. md wishing publicly I
'-~tify their appreciation of the wort
20 their late brother In Christ. an
th"sr great sense ~ irreparahlo los
in his death. do resolves
l. That IN the death Of Honorab
lance of Price. rire In years and rio
in tne esteem os his fellow citizen
me city has lost mos, useful IN
hosOred son, who typihed tho rne,
Qualities ~ an ideal American os n
people, who adorned every rclatio
~ No. a. husband, father, citizen an
public uf,Cial
That rirvt and Central rreshyteris
church has lost a member who z,
over forty wears lived IN its mids,
hlsm~ice~ Christian life. who was a
example ~ tho believers, in wor
in conversation. in charity. in spiri
Or faith. IN purity" whose upright III
earnest paticn' labors ana iovir
vnrds, spoken IN season. pointed mar
tupls 20 hip Mastcr.
That tho scesion ~ this church h,
lost member whose largo place ca
mover he wholly ',llcd. and his fello
ei1ers q loyal friend whose swe
fellowship VII ever be cherish,
memory, and who are eolaced by n
ns-urancs that he fought a so,
nvh,." that he kept the faith" m
that there IN laid up for him
ofow1. ~ rirhi,ounness"
I'm, these resolutions bo spre,
upon the s-esional records. and copi
lie cent 90 his her.nved family al
tho public press Of tho city.