Ray Price services

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 17 Dec 2013 4:01 am

Ray Price remains will be at Restland Funeral Home on Greenville Ave. Dallas. TX.
MORE INFO AS I GET IT.

http://restland.tributes.com/show/Noble ... e-97368811

Buddy Jennison · Post by **Buddy Jennison** » 18 Dec 2013 12:22 am

Tough, tough, about the Chief. I can't make the funeral. One of my chichiways{misspelled, I always do}.She has diabitis and I have to give her 2 shots of insulin and a 2 meals every day,she also takes pills for an enlarged heart. My memory is sliding pretty fast. Ray and I got pretty tight these last dozen years or so. We would cut up jackpots on the bus, all the time, He'd tell me the Tezas news and I would tell him the Nashville trash. The people who never had the chance to meet him in person, DON'T have any hint of who they missed. I would like have 2-3-4-5 of your latest albums, and use them to acclimate the studio. C.O.D. or just mail 'em and I will send you a money order. Would be really appreciated.hope to see you around if you are back up this way. "Little" Buddy.
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Buddy Jennison · Post by **Buddy Jennison** » 18 Dec 2013 5:45 pm

Johnny. I forgot to put my mailing address on there. It's Box 662, Dickson, Tenn.-37055. Sorry, DON'T GET OLD.

J.C. Norris · Post by **J.C. Norris** » 19 Dec 2013 12:11 am

If not for Ray & Jimmy Day, I might not be playing Steel guitar today. As far as I'm concerned, they made our music what it is today. May they rest in peace.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 21 Dec 2013 5:27 pm

3:30 PM, Saturday, Dec. 28
Restland Funeral Home
13005 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 25 Dec 2013 9:35 pm

The service has been moved to
Canyon Creek Baptist Church
2800 Custer Pkwy
Richardson
Texas

Still on Saturday
Dec. 28 at 3:30PM

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 25 Dec 2013 11:25 pm

Final details of Ray's funeral will be posted on the funeral home site sometime on Thursday.

http://restland.tributes.com/funeral_ho ... file/23954[/url]

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 26 Dec 2013 5:19 pm

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 28 Dec 2013 1:36 pm

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"A Celebration of Life for Noble Ray Price

Ray was born January 12, 1926 in Peach, TX (near Perryville) and passed away on Monday, December 16, 2013 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX. He was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music. Some of his well-known recordings include "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996 and—even into his late 80s—
continued to record and tour.

Ray is survived by his wife of 43 years, Janie Price of Mt. Pleasant, TX; his son, Clifton Ray Price of Dallas, TX; his aunt, Paralee Price of Corpus Christi,
TX; his half-sister, Codelle Bass of Mineola, TX; his sisters-in-law, Clara Proske of Houston, TX, Mamie Forester and husband Ludwig of Carrollton, TX, Nancy King of Nacogdoches, TX, Virgie Phillips of Mt. Pleasant, TX; brothers-in-law, Larry Phillips and wife Brenda of Marietta, TX, Robert Phillips and wife Cynthia of Naples, TX, Willie Tom Phillips and wife Deborah of Terrell, TX; numerous nieces, nephews and friends; special friends, Willie Nelson, Bill Mack, Tom Perryman, Eddie Stubbs, Dallas Wayne, Joe Mansfield, Howard "Skinny" Joel, Fred Foster, Larry Gatlin, Mel Sims, The Cherokee Cowboys, and many, many others in the country music field as well as his wonderful country music fans.

Ray is preceded in death by his mother, Clara and stepfather Domenick Cimini; his father, Walter Price and stepmother Zelma Price; his brother, Weldon and sister-in-law, Frances; and his half-brother, J. D. Roach.

One of the celebrations of Ray's life will be at 1:00pm, Saturday, December 21, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant. The next celebration will be at 3:30pm, Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Canyon Creek Baptist Church, Richardson, TX.

The Ray Price Memorial Fund has been established to fund and maintain a memorial mausoleum in his honor that will depict and celebrate the life and legacy that he achieved. This will be for his fans, friends and anyone who loved him to come and visit. Any memorial contributions to the Ray Price Memorial Fund may be made in his honor at any Bank of America Branch. Memorials may also be made to Cypress Basin Hospice of Mt. Pleasant.

A series of farewell concerts to honor the life and legacy of one of the world's most beloved country and western singers are being scheduled. This is an opportunity for anyone who has been touched by Ray's music to come and share in one of these great celebrations."

Clark Connell · Post by **Clark Connell** » 28 Dec 2013 3:56 pm

Ray's passing is a serious, serious blow to country music, real country music, and to his millions of fans worldwide. I wonder if he knew all steel players loved his music and revered him as much as they do any steel guitarist, because he truly defined country music, and changed the shape of it forever. Thanks, Ray, for the great music. Where would steel guitar players be today without Ray, Buddy, and Jimmy? I'll really miss you. So will we all.

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 30 Dec 2013 12:58 am

Well said, Clark.
In light of your post there is something that Id like to share with all of you.... .
First off, let me say that I would never presume to try to speak for someone like the great Ray Price, but it is simply my belief that The Chief had an idea what his music had done for the steel guitar(albeit, he was humble enough to let it go unsaid), that he knew what he personally meant to us for that and that we loved him, steel or not, and that he knew what steel guitar had done for his career as well. Make no mistake, Ray did not use steel guitar on a majority of his recordings and virtually all of his live shows because he had to, Ray could carry a show all by his lonesome

of that I have no doubt....he used steel guitar because he wanted to, just like when he decided to cut with an orchestra and strings. Ray once told me that he believed that the longevity of his career rested upon five things: the invaluable help he received early on from Bob Wills and Hank Williams, Sr., the loyalty of his fans, his ability to get just the right material to record and the right musicians to play it, his desire to go against the grain...and most importantly, the God Given talent he'd been blessed with. We all know that Ray invented the 4/4 shuffle, and when it caught on everyone jumped on it which, he said, left him sounding like everyone else...then came the strings. Then everyone went that way and he went back to 4/4 w/steel and fiddle, and so on for the rest of his career. I feel sure that such an attitude came from the days after Hank Sr. left us, and left Ray w/the Drifting Cowboys. Chief went on to tell me that a short time later while performing mostly Hank's material with them, it happened that one night after a show someone remarked to him: " Yep, you sure do sound like 'ol Hank...". Ray said it was at that point that he realized he needed to develop his own style, and the rest is history.
Ray loved the steel guitar, especially as rendered by Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Joaquin Murphey and his old friend Don Helms. Ray's feelings for Buddy's and Jimmy's playing is a matter of public record, but I remember dropping a Joaquin riff in something or other from time to time and it always got a big grin from Ray, and now and then he'd walk over to me during A Mansion On The Hill and smile and say; "son, how's about you cut down on a little Don for us all?" Then there was the trip right after John Hughey passed away...that really affected The Chief.
In closing, I venture to guess that as time passes, the more will Ray Price's considerable impact on the last 60+ years of American music in general be realized and celebrated.
RIP Chief.

MC

Dave Grothusen · Post by **Dave Grothusen** » 30 Dec 2013 5:10 am

Mike thank you for this little side light into Ray. The only time I saw him live you were with him.
Does anyone have a report on the attendance at his celebration of life services?

Ford Cole · Post by **Ford Cole** » 30 Dec 2013 6:50 am

Would someone please keep us updated on future Memorial Services/Gatherings for Mr. Price? Was not able to attend previous services. Thanks.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 30 Dec 2013 9:23 am

I was watching eons ago when Ray appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to promote his "cross-over" album.

I'll never forget the look on Ray's face when Carson asked him how he felt about singing with "all those strings".....as if Ray Price had never been exposed to a fiddle before.

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