Wendell Price

Wendell Price, age 82, a longtime resident of McMinn County, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. He was a Master Mason in the Thomas A. Hamilton Masonic Lodge #317 and was retired from Hiwassee Land Company after 26 years. Wendell was a member of Clay Hill Baptist Church.

He is preceded in death by his parents: Dewey and Maggie Walls Price, his loving wife of 59 years: Octsie Pauline Hammonds Price, a son: Marty Price, and a son-in-law: Doug Duggan.

Wendell is survived by a daughter: Stephanie “Sis” Duggan, sister: Susie Glover (Wendell), brother-in-law: Art Rodgers, and sister-in-law: Terry Nesmith, grandchildren: Marty Price (Brittany), Stephen Duggan, and Lucky Duggan, great-grandchildren: Bryson Price and Jorja Price, along with several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 12:00–2:00 PM on Sunday, August 25, 2024. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 PM at Ziegler Funeral Home with Reverend Craig Wilcox officiating.  Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery in Etowah.   

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

If you are unable to attend the visitation or funeral service, you can sign the online registry at: www.zieglerfuneralhome.com

Ziegler Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Wendell Price.