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Since 1808 this strong man, who ran a 30 mile footrace, answered calls not only in the Pocahontas but in sections of the Webster, Randolph and Nicholas. He wore out seven horses and fifteen automobiles. Having delivered between five and six thousand babies, it was little wonder that during his sickness practically every family recalled that he had brought some of them into the world. He reached his goal of 90 years with several months over, and died, as he wanted, a gentleman in command of the situation.
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 About 1965 |
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 Dr. N. R. Price - November 1926 |
 Dr. Norman R. Price - 1896 |
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References
| Norman R. Price, M. D. An era came to a close with the passing of Dr. Normal R. Price last week. He was the last of the country doctors in Pocahontas who went by foot, by horse, and by car in foul weather and fair, up and down the these mountains and valleys to minister to the needs of the sick. Since 1808 this strong man, who ran a 30 mile footrace, answered calls not only in the Pocahontas but in sections of the Webster, Randolph and Nicholas. He wore out seven horses and fifteen automobiles. Having delivered between five and six thousand babies, i was little wonder that during his sickness practically every family recalled that he had brought some of them into the world. He reached his goal of 90 years with several months over, and died, as he wanted, a gentleman in command of the situation. Coming as a boy in 1885 to Marlin's Bottom where his father had been born, he saw the town of Marlinton come into being and watched it grow. He served as mayor and also served on the County Court. ... |
| Deaths - Dr. N. R. Price - Norman Randolph Price was born in Mount Clinton, Virginia December 5, 1874, the son of Rev. William Thomas and Anna Louise Randolph Price, and died Wednesday May 12, 1965, in the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital after a few weeks illness. As a young man he was a partner in The Pocahontas Times. He then studied medicine at the University of Maryland Medical College and had practiced in Marlinton since 1908. He was a captain in the Army Medical Corps in World War I. His wife, Jean Kinsey Price, preceded him in death as did a sister Susan A. Price M.D. and four brothers, Willie Price, James W. Price, M. D. Andrew Price and Calvin W. Price. Surviving him are a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Jean) Stockwell of Paducah, Kentucky, and a son, Norman R. Price Jr. of Chandler, Arizona; a granddaughter Jean K. Stockwell of Alexandria, Louisiana; and a sister Mrs. Anna V. Hunter of Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Virginia. Services were held in the Marlinton Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon by the Rev. W. E. Pierce with burial in the Mountain View Cemetery. |
| Note that Norman Randolph Price (middle name of his mother was Randolph) was born after his brother; William Randolph Price had passed away at age of four. |
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