Zora Price

Hot Springs, Zora S. Price, age 88, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at Queen Retirement Home. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Reverend Lonzo Phillip Strickland and Minnie Self Strickland. She was preceded in death by her first husband, PFC Howard Moore, who died in 1944 while serving in the US Army during World War II, and her second husband, Alton James Price, who died in 1988; five sisters; and three brothers. Zora was a lifelong resident of Spring Creek where she and her second husband operated Price's Grocery. She was a member of Lusk Chapel Baptist Church where she attended for most of her life and was very active in many church activities. She is survived by a daughter, Evelyn Price Morris, and her husband, Ron, of Hot Springs; one son, Reverend James Howard "Jimmy" Moore, and his wife, Eva, also of Hot Springs; two grandchildren, Judy Higel and her husband, Chris, and Jeffery Moore and his wife, Crystal; five great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Lusk Chapel Baptist Church in Hot Springs with Reverend James H. "Jimmy" Moore, Reverend Gerald Morris, and Jeffrey Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Woody Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27, at Wells Funeral Home of Waynesville. The family wishes to acknowledge special recognition to the staff of Queen Retirement Home for their wonderful care. Memorials may be made to the Woody Cemetery Fund, 555 Howard Moore Road, Hot Springs, NC 28743.

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