Robert Howell Price Jr.

Columbia: Robert Howell Price, Jr., 75, of Columbia, passed away on September 30, 2011, at Lexington Medical Center Extended Care after an extended illness. Born in Salem, Virginia, he was the son of the late Robert Howell Price and Nelsine Spangler Price.

Bob graduated from Fort Union Military Academy and attended the University of Virginia and Hampden Sidney College. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

He worked with the Life Insurance Company of America in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC. Moving to Columbia in 1965 he worked with Palmetto State Life Insurance Company. At age 50, he took a new turn in life and became a homebuilder, building homes in Columbia, especially in the Wheeler Hill area. Bob was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, where he served as an usher and a youth basketball coach. He was a former member of the Columbia Country Club, the Wildwood Country Club and the Tarantella Club.

Mr. Price is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mary Lou Congdon Price of Columbia; sons, Robert Howell Price, III (Pam) of Columbia, John Peter Price, Sr. (Becky) of Charlotte, NC and Thomas Boss Congdon Price of Columbia; a sister, Marie Shorter (Doug) of N. Charleston; seven grandchildren, Robert Howell Price, IV, John Peter Price, Jr., Thomas Nelson Price, Mattie DeVoe Price, Andrew Congdon Price, Marian Margaret “Margot” Price, and Thomas Boss Congdon Price, Jr.

A memorial service will be held 11 o’clock, Monday, October 3, 2011, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with inurnment in the Columbarium. The family will receive friends following the service and additionally from 5 until 7 o’clock, Sunday evening, at 4730 Kilbourne Rd., Columbia. Memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 1100 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29201. Shives Funeral Home is assisting the family.