teased for being a barefoot fat boy in patched

teased for being a barefoot fat boy in patched overalls, who picked cotton for pennies. Some people come out of such a background determined to leave it all behind. Dad came out determined to reach back and bring out as many others as possible.

After serving in World War II in North Africa, Italy and the Philippines, Mr. Price attended Wake Forest University on the G.I. Bill. He became an educator, starting his career as principal of high schools in North Carolina.

He personally reached out to students, even buying clothes for those who needed them. He started night classes for adult drop-outs, which he and his wife, Wilhelmina, taught without pay.

His career in North Carolina came to an end when he became friends with the principal of the black high school in his town and was appalled at the discriminatory conditions which he and his charges faced.

Mr. Price was fired for his pro-integration stance, which caused him to seek employment overseas. In 1959, he became principal of an integrated U.S. Navy school in Morocco.

There he became a mentor to Moroccan orphans, taking two into his home as foster children. The eulogy noted that Mr. Price was remarkable in forming friendships regardless of race, social status, nationality or religion.

When the Prices returned to the U.S. in the late 1960s, Mr. Price settled into teaching world history in the Fairfax County school system.

At Oakton High School, Mr. Price founded and sponsored Project Concern, through which teenagers did good deeds. This club complemented his work on behalf of senior citizens. Often Project Concern students would organize social events and meals for seniors.

Mr. Price bought land in Woodville 26 years ago, intending to start a summer camp for underprivileged kids. Soon , after he was diagnosed with colon cancer and was forced to live with a colostomy.

Mr. Price shelved the camp idea, but stayed active in