Phillip Keith Price, 91, passed away on June 27, 2024, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. 

Keith was born on September 17, 1932 in Sandy Mush in the Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, NC, son of Parris Buford Price and Mamie Viola Randall. He graduated from Wake Forest College, attended the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI in 1955, and then served at Fort McClellan, Alabama through 1958.

In addition to his parents, Keith was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Jewell Blanton Price.  He is survived by his children: Phil Price, Brian Price, and Marilyn Price Laxton, and his grandchildren: Alex, Sam, Mariel, Ireland, and Adrian.

A graveside service will be held at eleven o'clock on Saturday, July 20, 2024 in the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Forest City, with military honors accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard.  The family will greet guest following the service.