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2014 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 107
Celebrating the life of James Edward Price.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 7, 2014

 

WHEREAS, James Edward Price, a successful businessman, a loyal and courageous veteran, and a former resident of the Commonwealth, died on March 9, 2013; and

WHEREAS, a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, James Price joined many of the other young men of his generation in service to his country during World War II; he served as a provost sergeant in Fukuoka, Japan, and later became a criminal investigator for the United States Army; and

WHEREAS, after the war, James Price graduated from Virginia Military Institute and later earned a professional engineer license; he continued to gallantly serve his country during the Korean Conflict as a combat engineer officer; and

WHEREAS, returning to civilian life, James Price pursued a successful career in the petroleum industry; he shared his knowledge and skill as a project engineer for Esso Standard Oil and a project manager for Commonwealth Oil Refinery in Puerto Rico; and

WHEREAS, James Price spent many years as a corporate executive for United States-based international engineering firms, marketing plans and services for oil refineries and petrochemical plants to governments in the Middle East and Africa, focusing on Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates; and

WHEREAS, residing in London, England, for many years, James Price was a founding director of the London Petroleum Club; he then lived in Beirut, Lebanon, for 10 years, before returning to the United States; and

WHEREAS, after 20 years of traveling around the world, James Price settled in the Commonwealth, where he became the president of Fairfield Energy, Ltd.; upon his well-earned retirement, he moved to Greenville, Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, a man of great integrity, James Price was a devoted husband and father, who was proud to live by the motto: “Duty, Honor, Country”; and

WHEREAS, James Price will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Joanne; daughters, Pamela and Lesley, and their families; and numerous other family members, friends, and fellow veterans; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of James Edward Price, a prominent businessman, distinguished veteran, and former resident of the Commonwealth; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of James Edward Price as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.