WILLIAM ARCHER PRICE, SR
William Archer Price, Sr., b November 28,1884 at Stranger, Falls County,
Texas, d June 25,1967 in Marlin and buried in Stranger Cemetery - was the only
surviving son of William Thomas and Margaret Jane (Busby) Price, natives of
Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively.
"Bill" lived at Stranger his entire life, attending the school there; in
1905 received a degree in agriculture from Texas A&M College where he was
Captain of Company "B". He continued as an instructor until 1908 when he
returned to Stranger to operate the family farm.
On November 27, 1912 in Marlin, he was
married to Lula A. Hughey, b December 15, 1887 in Lee County, Arkansas, d November 27, 1961 and buried in the
Stranger Cemetery, a daughter of Edward Bryson Hughey, b September 23, 1859 and
Indiana Tennessee (McKnight) Hughey, b October 28, 1956, natives of Tennessee.
Lula's mother died September 13, 1895 and is buried in Athens, Alabama, and her
father d February 28, 1904 and is buried in Calvery Cemetery in Marlin, Texas.
The couple lived in the Price where he was born, and his mother
continued to make her there until her death in 1939.
Bill served as a School Trustee, as Superintendent and Sunday School
Teacher in the Methodist - Presbyterian Union Church at Stranger - having been
reared in the Methodist faith. Rain or shine, sleet or snow, Bill Price could be
depended on to transport the neighborhood children to Sunday School, and to have
the church building as comfortable as possible. He also participated in all
community affairs.
Bill and Lula had two children, who have returned to the place to
live on their respective shares of the estate since the property was divided.
Their two children are:
William Archer Price, Jr., b October 18, 1914 at Stranger and Marion Jean
Price, b August 17, 1920, who married George Steven Garrison.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 365 column 2 and page 366 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.