Age 86, Lawton - Funeral will be 10:00 AM Wednesday in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Al Potts, Pastor, officiating. Colonel Price died Saturday in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born on July 4, 1921 in Oklahoma City to Tabor Grant and Lillie Mae (Peace) Price. He served in the US Army for more than 25 years and fought at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. He also fought during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He served with the 101st Airborne Division as a paratrooper. He was an instructor at the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill and retired on March 31, 1966. He received numerous medals including the Army of Occupation Medal (Japan and Germany), National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, four Overseas Service Bars, Master Parachutist Badge, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, United Nations Service Medal and the Army Presidential Unit Citation. He worked as a civilian as a Field Artillery Instructor and retired after several years. He married Wauhillau "Wally" Northcutt in Eufaula, Oklahoma on January 18, 1942. They were married for almost 66 years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jacqueline Orr Price Gallup and Dr. James, PhD, of Woodbridge, Virginia, and Karen Lea Price Wiechman and Dennis of Roanoke, Texas; four grandchildren, Dawn Michelle Gallup Basham and her husband, Michael, of Woodbridge, Virginia, Michael Stephen Gallup and his wife, Alicia, of Moore, Oklahoma, Rev. Steven Lee Wiechman and his wife, Jamie, of North Richland Hills, Texas, and Rebecca Denise Wiechman Livengood and her husband, John, of Fairbury, Illinois; 14 great grandchildren; a niece, Marian Lamb Hardin of Stillwater; a great nephew, John Mercer Hardin and his wife, Mary, of Plano, Texas; a great niece, Anne Michelle Hardin Shahi and her husband, Jesh, of Seattle, Washington; and a nephew, David Price and family of Guthrie, Oklahoma. His twin sons, two sisters and a brother preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 2602 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505 or to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.