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Bernie Price
Senior Advocate
BY BONNIE P. LOFTON
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
About 150 people attended a memorial service for Brenizer Love Price at Washington Baptist Church Monday afternoon.
Mr. Price, a retired schoolteacher who lived in Woodville, died at home in his sleep Thursday after a long struggle with complications due to kidney failure. He was 76.
As he had requested, he was cremated. After the memorial service, his ashes were scattered on his land outside Woodville.
The crowd at the service included at least 20 senior citizens, representing the senior center in Rappahannock and one in Vienna, Va., both of which Mr. Price helped found. In 1975 the Vienna Chamber of Commerce had named Mr. Price citizen of the year for his work with senior citizens.
In public and private remarks, the seniors praised Mr. Price for his staunch advocacy on their behalf, as well as for his warm personality, exemplified through his lively piano music, humorous storytelling and frequent notes of encouragement.
Other mourners included family members, who mainly hailed from North and South Carolina, and members of the Washington, Woodville and Vienna Baptist Churches.
The Rev. Stark Jones, retired minister of Woodville Baptist Church, noted that Mr. Price, known as “Bernie” to most people, had lived up to his middle name “Love” by touching the hearts of everyone he met.
The Reverends Phil Bailey of Washington Baptist, Alpheus Atkins of Woodville Baptist and Joseph Larrimore, a retired Baptist minister from North Carolina and a close relative of Mr. Price’s, all spoke about Mr. Price’s dedication to Christian ideals and his day-to-day application of Christ’s love and charity.
The eulogy to Mr. Price, which was written by daughter Bonnie Price Lofton at his request, outlined his life as follows.
Mr. Price was bom to a widowed, impoverished 45-year-old woman in a small town in North Carolina.
“Dad identified with socalled nobodies,” said the eulogy, which was read by Mr. Larrimore.
“As a schoolchild Dad was
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