WORLD WAR II
Son of Palmer Daniel and Ruth Ammons Price. Joseph married Mildred Louise Griste on November 8, 1952.
"Deputy Sheriff Joseph Price was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Highway 215 and U.S. 321 in West Columbia.
Deputy Price was driving home at the end of his shift when he noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road. As he approached the vehicle he encountered the suspect who was intoxicated and attacked Deputy Price with a knife. The man then drew a weapon and shot him several times.
Despite being mortally wounded, Deputy Price was able to return fire and then drive to the parking lot of a nearby business to summon help to his location.
The suspect remained at large for seven years. He was arrested in 1960, convicted of Deputy Price's murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1972.
Deputy Price had served with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for one month and previously served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for seven years. He was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He was survived by his wife and son."
Published on The Officer Down Memorial Page.
MARION – Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Price, 31, were held at 11 a.m. today in Smith Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery in Florence.
Mr. Price, a former highway patrolman, joined the staff of Sheriff H.W. Caughman of Lexington County last month. He was killed Saturday night shortly after he came off duty.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mildred Louise Griste of Florence, now of West Columbia; a son, Bradley Price of Florence; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Price of Marion; and a brother T. D. Price Jr. of Baltimore, Md.
Published in the Florence Morning News, November 25, 1953
Son of Palmer Daniel and Ruth Ammons Price. Joseph married Mildred Louise Griste on November 8, 1952.
"Deputy Sheriff Joseph Price was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Highway 215 and U.S. 321 in West Columbia.
Deputy Price was driving home at the end of his shift when he noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road. As he approached the vehicle he encountered the suspect who was intoxicated and attacked Deputy Price with a knife. The man then drew a weapon and shot him several times.
Despite being mortally wounded, Deputy Price was able to return fire and then drive to the parking lot of a nearby business to summon help to his location.
The suspect remained at large for seven years. He was arrested in 1960, convicted of Deputy Price's murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1972.
Deputy Price had served with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for one month and previously served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for seven years. He was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He was survived by his wife and son."
Published on The Officer Down Memorial Page.
MARION – Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Price, 31, were held at 11 a.m. today in Smith Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery in Florence.
Mr. Price, a former highway patrolman, joined the staff of Sheriff H.W. Caughman of Lexington County last month. He was killed Saturday night shortly after he came off duty.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mildred Louise Griste of Florence, now of West Columbia; a son, Bradley Price of Florence; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Price of Marion; and a brother T. D. Price Jr. of Baltimore, Md.
Published in the Florence Morning News, November 25, 1953
WORLD WAR II
Son of Palmer Daniel and Ruth Ammons Price. Joseph married Mildred Louise Griste on November 8, 1952.
"Deputy Sheriff Joseph Price was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Highway 215 and U.S. 321 in West Columbia.
Deputy Price was driving home at the end of his shift when he noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road. As he approached the vehicle he encountered the suspect who was intoxicated and attacked Deputy Price with a knife. The man then drew a weapon and shot him several times.
Despite being mortally wounded, Deputy Price was able to return fire and then drive to the parking lot of a nearby business to summon help to his location.
The suspect remained at large for seven years. He was arrested in 1960, convicted of Deputy Price's murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1972.
Deputy Price had served with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for one month and previously served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for seven years. He was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He was survived by his wife and son."
Published on The Officer Down Memorial Page.
MARION – Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Price, 31, were held at 11 a.m. today in Smith Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery in Florence.
Mr. Price, a former highway patrolman, joined the staff of Sheriff H.W. Caughman of Lexington County last month. He was killed Saturday night shortly after he came off duty.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mildred Louise Griste of Florence, now of West Columbia; a son, Bradley Price of Florence; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Price of Marion; and a brother T. D. Price Jr. of Baltimore, Md.
Published in the Florence Morning News, November 25, 1953
Son of Palmer Daniel and Ruth Ammons Price. Joseph married Mildred Louise Griste on November 8, 1952.
"Deputy Sheriff Joseph Price was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Highway 215 and U.S. 321 in West Columbia.
Deputy Price was driving home at the end of his shift when he noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road. As he approached the vehicle he encountered the suspect who was intoxicated and attacked Deputy Price with a knife. The man then drew a weapon and shot him several times.
Despite being mortally wounded, Deputy Price was able to return fire and then drive to the parking lot of a nearby business to summon help to his location.
The suspect remained at large for seven years. He was arrested in 1960, convicted of Deputy Price's murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1972.
Deputy Price had served with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for one month and previously served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for seven years. He was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He was survived by his wife and son."
Published on The Officer Down Memorial Page.
MARION – Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Price, 31, were held at 11 a.m. today in Smith Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery in Florence.
Mr. Price, a former highway patrolman, joined the staff of Sheriff H.W. Caughman of Lexington County last month. He was killed Saturday night shortly after he came off duty.
Surviving are his widow, the former Mildred Louise Griste of Florence, now of West Columbia; a son, Bradley Price of Florence; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Price of Marion; and a brother T. D. Price Jr. of Baltimore, Md.
Published in the Florence Morning News, November 25, 1953
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