Buren Patterson "Pete" Price
Buren Patterson “Pete” Price was born June 28, 1938, in Monroe, NC to Charlie Patterson “Pad” Price and Wilma Ellen Ritch Price. He passed away peacefully at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC on August 6, 2026.
He met Jackie Haydock on a day trip to Chimney Rock, NC. She was working in a souvenir shop, and he was chatting her up. She told him if he wanted to keep talking to her, he would have to buy something. Pete said he would buy an address book if she’d write her address in it. They were married nearly 64 years.
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Donald Leon Shoemaker
Donald Leon Shoemaker, 78, died Wednesday, July 8, 2026, surrounded by family in his home in Hendersonville, NC, where he had lived since 1984. A native of Martinsville, VA, he was born July 25, 1947, the eldest child of the late Commie D. and Virginia H. Shoemaker, before relocating to northern Iredell County, NC at age 12.
After graduating from Union Grove High School, he served from 1965 to 1969 in his beloved United States Marine Corps, stationed in Okinawa, Japan and Orlando, FL, and served an additional two years in the Marine Corps Reserve. His military service defined his character throughout his life, and he embodied the motto "Once a Marine, Always a Marine."
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