Doy Pool Price
Ava, Missouri

Sunday, February 4, 2007, Doy Pool Price went home to be with his parents, brother, other family and his many friends, he was 82.

Doy was born the son of Jessie Dean and Mattie Lou Martin Price in the Wasola area on April 7, 1924 and lived his entire life in that community and in Ava.

On December 20, 1947 Doy and Emogene Frye were married in Yellville, Arkansas, and to this union two daughters were born. In 1965 they opened their hearts to a foster son. Doy was a farmer at heart, working hard to see that his family had everything he could provide; he also drove a truck and Ava School bus through the years. For enjoyment Doy liked elk hunting in Colorado, deer hunting and fishing here at home and also going on vacations with his children and grandchildren. Doy was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, Ava, MO.

Doy is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Emogene, two daughters, Wanda and Johnnie Johnson and Brenda and Daymon Milligan of Ava, a special son John and Kathy Borawski, of Liberty, MO, five grandchildren, Jo, Jennie, and James Johnson, Julie Taylor all of Ava and Brendan Price of Springfield, and seven great grandchildren, two brothers & their spouses, Lynn & Norma Price, Holden, MO and Lyle & Betty Price, Wasola, MO, three sisters, Virginia Burnett, Ava, Glenda Beach, Holden, MO and Hettie Cooper, Wasola, MO and a host of other relatives and friends.

Doy was preceded by his parents and one brother, Audie Price.

Funeral services for Doy Price will be on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. in Clinkingbeard Chapel with burial to follow in the Ava Cemetery with Rev. B.J. Evans and Rev. Tom Maples officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 till 7 p.m. in the funeral home. Family requests memorials to Community Hospice (Mtn. Grove) or Ava Senior Citizens in care of the funeral home. Services are being conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO. Online condolences can be made to www.clinkingbeardfuneralhome.com.