Elbert Ernest Price, 75, a longtime resident of Granville County, the son of the late William Ernest Price.  He was of the Baptist Faith, worked at the Oxford Orphanage for many years and later retired from farming.

Graveside Services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery by Rev. Norman Talley.

Surviving are two daughters, Freda P. Brown, Penny P. Whitlow both of Roxboro, two sons, Mark Price of Oxford, Chad Price of Roxboro, his mother, Etta Day Price of Oxford, eight sisters, Helen P. Poole, Mattie Lou Hancock, Annette P. Eddins, Charlotte P. Dickerson, all of Oxford, Wilma P. Elliott of Smithfield, Brenda P. Self of Virgilina, Va., Ernestine P. Chambers, Cathy P. Taylor, both of Timberlake, eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his brother William Bernard Price.

Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford assisting the Price Family.