Homer Price (1894 - 1960): Our Family History

1894 - 1960 (66 years)

Name	Homer Price
Birth	9 Feb 1894	Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Ω Census son	1 Jun 1900	Carroll, Arkansas, United States [11]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: head of household: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: son: [I190] Homer PRICE Witness Role: daughter: [I210] Beulah Ursula PRICE Witness Role: son: [I207] James William Henry PRICE
Ω Census son	15 Apr 1910	Beaver, Oklahoma, United States [3]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: head of household: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: son: [I190] Homer PRICE Witness Role: daughter: [I210] Beulah Ursula PRICE Witness Role: son: [I207] James William Henry PRICE Witness Role: daughter: [I205] Gladys Maggie GENTRY
Physical Description	1917 [12]
	tall, with blue eyes and auburn hair
Occupation	1917	Ivanhoe, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States [13]
	farmer
	Self-employed farmer, per his WW1 draft registration.
Residence	1917	South Ivanhoe, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States [5, 7]
Military Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917	Lipscomb, Texas, United States [13]
	He claimed exemption due to being the sole support for 1 sister and his mother. Described as tall, blue eyes, auburn hair.
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Military Service	From 26 Aug 1918 to 24 Jan 1919 [9, 14, 15]
	The Great War, US Army
	He was in the 18th (Cactus) Division, Camp Travis, Texas. He served as a Private, in Company D, 86th infantry. The war ended prior to his deployment overseas, for which he was, I am sure, grateful. He wrote in his diary every day - mostly about drilling. And he kept the menu from their Christmas Dinner. The full menu is attached to the source item.
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Occupation	1920 [4]
	waiter
	His mother was a restaurant manager, Homer worked as a waiter.
Ω Census son	1 Jan 1920	Lipscomb, Texas, United States [16]
	Witness Role: Principal: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: head of household: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON Witness Role: son: [I190] Homer PRICE Witness Role: son: [I207] James William Henry PRICE Witness Role: daughter: [I205] Gladys Maggie GENTRY
Group	From 1922 to 1960	Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [17]
	Mason
	He was a member of the Follett Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Texas. The Masonic Books that Homer had are marked and signed with his dates of initiation. Book One addressed to E.A. Homer Price, dated 9 Dec 1922 - Darrouzett Book Two addressed to F.C. Homer Price, dated 13 Jan 1923 - Darrouzett Book Three addressed to M.M. Homer Price, dated 22 Jun 1936 - Follett, Lodge #1238.
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Residence	From 1933 to 1935	Canyon, Randall, Texas, United States [18]
	Lived in Canyon while wife Katie was finishing her Master's Degree in teaching. During this time they adopted Mack. Homer was the original Mr.Mom - cooking, cleaning, and taking care of Mackey while Katie went to school. Witness Role: Child: [I2] James Malcolm PRICE Witness Role: Spouse: [I191] Katie Alma RIFFLE
Ω Adoption Adoptive Parent	7 Dec 1933	Home of Redeeming Love, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States [18, 19, 20, 21]
	Homer and Katie took him from the Home of Redeeming Love to their home in Canyon, Texas in 1933. He was their child from that point. The legal part of the adoption process didn't happen until 1937, however. The timeline of the adoption: 09 Oct 1933: Alene makes the child a ward of the court 09 Oct 1933: Court assigns custody to Home of Redeeming Love 07 Dec 1933: Homer and Katie take the child home 17 Dec 1936: The Home of Redeeming Love signs consent for adoption 05 Jan 1937: Homer and Katie execute adoption papers 06 Sep 1937: Adoption declared valid and complete Witness Role: Principal: [I2] James Malcolm PRICE Witness Role: Adoptive Parent: [I190] Homer PRICE Witness Role: Adoptive Parent: [I191] Katie Alma RIFFLE
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Residence	1935	Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [18]
	When Katie got her teaching degree, they returned to Follett and the farm. Homer continued to do much of the Traditional women's chores, Katie worked and never much liked housework anyway! Katie tells that she enjoyed sleeping late, but never really could because Homer would make such a racket in the kitchen with breakfast that she just HAD to wake up - she giggles when she says "I think he was noisy on purpose, he always liked to have me near him.
Occupation	1937	Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [18]
	dry cleaner
	From the adoption suitability interview in 1937: "Katie Price is teaching school and Homer Price is running a cleaning establishment for cleaning and pressing clothes, they employ a reliable woman at the home to look after the child and keep house for them owing to the fact that Katie Price is teaching school." Homer ran a Dry Cleaning business in Follett with brother Hank (Henry). After Hank got out of the business, Homer moved the "Dry Cleaning Plant" to the farm and located it in their garage. Son Mackey (James Malcolm) recalls helping his dad when he (Mack) was a little boy. Homer would drive around to the neighboring farms and Mack would run the deliveries up to the neighbor's doors. After a time, Homer gave up the dry cleaning business and returned to farming, which is all he ever really wanted to do anyway.
Anecdote	6 Sep 1937	Lipscomb, Texas, United States [18]
	Finalization of adoption decree
	The formal adoption decree was sealed for years, released to Mack Price in 2004 following his petition of the relevant courts. This decree indicates that the adoption itself was a rather lengthy process - at least as far as all of the legal proceedings go. Katie and Homer took Mack to their home on 07 Dec 1933, and named him James Malcolm Price. The Home of Redeeming Love relinquished all rights to the child on 17 Dec 1936. I do not know the reason for the delay, perhaps it was a standard practice waiting period. Homer and Katie executed adoption papers 05 Jan 1937, essentially right after they were permitted to do so by the Home of Redeeming Love. They later discovered that they needed to petition the court for this adoption, and to have the court appoint an investigator to attest to the suitability of Homer and Katie as parents, so that was done. Thus the adoption and legal name change weren't truly effective until 06 Sep 1937. The document attached to the referenced source is itself dated 24 Nov 1939, I suppose that is the date that the documents were filed and sealed, but am not sure. Definitely seems like a lengthy process - but just for the law. Mack was with Katie and Homer as their son from that day in December, 1933. The law just took a while to catch up to reality. Witness Role: Witness: [I2] James Malcolm PRICE Witness Role: Witness: [I191] Katie Alma RIFFLE
Census	1 Apr 1940	Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [22]
	Homer and Katie were back in Follett in 1940, per the census. Homer was running the dry cleaning plant, Katie was teaching. Homer's mother Kate Gentry lived with them - she reported that in 1935 she had been living in Amarillo. Kate Gentry's brother, Samuel Robert Williamson (Homer's "Uncle Bobby") lived next door. Witness Role: head of household: [I190] Homer PRICE Witness Role: wife: [I191] Katie Alma RIFFLE Witness Role: son: [I2] James Malcolm PRICE Witness Role: Mother: [I446] Catherine Echols WILLIAMSON
Family Search ID	MCM6-8F6
Find A Grave ID	65090207
Military Draft Registration	1942 [10, 23]
	This was the fourth registration, also called the Old Man's Draft.
Photos	Go to Photo Gallery for Homer Price
_UID	B8756B8923CD4F28BFEBC6FDE5177240A312
Death	30 Nov 1960	Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [8, 9, 10, 24]
	Cause: coronary artery occlusion
	Conditions leading to the coronary artery occlusion: atheromatous disease and metabolic disease for a duration of 10 years.
Burial	Fairmont Cemetery, Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [8]
	next to his wife, Katie
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Person ID	I190	My Genealogy
Last Modified	28 Apr 2025

Father	James Mordecai Price, b. 2 May 1868, Arkansas, United States d. 6 Feb 1899, Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States (Age 30 years)
Mother	Catherine Echols Williamson, b. 29 Apr 1867, Arkansas, United States d. 9 Sep 1947, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)
Marriage	8 Mar 1893	Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States [1]
Family ID	F44	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Katie Alma Riffle, b. 17 Aug 1901, Forreston, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 23 Oct 1994, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States (Age 93 years)

Marriage 20 Jun 1926 Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States [25]

The Homer and Katie love story ---
They were dating and in love - they postponed marriage until Homer could provide for Katie. Katie tells that whenever they walked down the street Homer would reach out for her hand, reassurance that she was by his side.
Then WWI came along. Before Homer left he gave Katie a lovely necklace and asked her to wait for him - she was quite beautiful, I'm sure Homer didn't want one of the other boys to "steal" her.
Upon his return from the wilds of war (spent entirely in San Antonio, TX), they were married.
Interesting to note - Homer's son also married a beautiful woman he was very much in love with, she also became a teacher, they, too were prone to holding hands. Both romances, Homer's and Mack's, were cut short by unexpected death - Homer himself died suddenly of heart attack and Debbie (Mack's wife) died suddenly as well.

Throughout their marriage, Homer and Katie were active members of the American Legion, and regular supporters of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Katie was a member of the American Red Cross, Homer participated in the Boy Scouts

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Children

+	1. James Malcolm "Mack" Price, b. 14 Sep 1933, Home of Redeeming Love, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States d. 16 Dec 2007, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 74 years) [Father: Adopted] [Mother: Adopted]

Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 May 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 9 Feb 1894 - Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
	Ω Census son - 1 Jun 1900 - Carroll, Arkansas, United States
	Ω Census son - 15 Apr 1910 - Beaver, Oklahoma, United States
	Occupation - farmer - 1917 - Ivanhoe, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States
	Residence - 1917 - South Ivanhoe, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States
	Military Draft Registration - 5 Jun 1917 - Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Ω Census son - 1 Jan 1920 - Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Group - Mason - From 1922 to 1960 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Marriage - 20 Jun 1926 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Residence - From 1933 to 1935 - Canyon, Randall, Texas, United States
	Ω Adoption Adoptive Parent - 7 Dec 1933 - Home of Redeeming Love, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
	Residence - 1935 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Occupation - dry cleaner - 1937 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Anecdote - Finalization of adoption decree - 6 Sep 1937 - Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Census - 1 Apr 1940 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Death - Cause: coronary artery occlusion - 30 Nov 1960 - Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States
	Burial - - Fairmont Cemetery, Follett, Lipscomb, Texas, United States

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Photos
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Sources

[S72] Debbie Price's Collection.
[S35] Cens1900 - AR Carroll Prairie p3, Katie Price // 37 // 37.
[S37] Cens1910 - OK Beaver Blue Grass ed19 p9, Catherine E. Gentry // 174 // 181.
[S310] Cens1920 - TX Lipscomb Precinct 3 p5b, Kate Gentry // 97 // 100.
[S196] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Lipscomb County, Texas; Roll: 1983383; Draft Board: 0.
Birth date: 9 Feb 1894Birth place: Arkansas;United States of AmericaResidence date: Residence place: Lipscomb, Texas
[S68] Draft Database: WWI, Homer Price.
[S197] WWI Civilian Draft Registration Database.
Birth date: 9 Feb 1896Birth place: Eureka Springs ARResidence date: Residence place: Lipscomb
[S1036] Find a Grave: Homer Price.
[S1524] Burial - Price Homer military grave marker application.
[S1525] DeathCert - Price Homer.
[S35] Cens1900 - AR Carroll Prairie p3.
[S69] Draft Database: WWI Registration Cards, Homer Price.
[S596] DraftRegWW1 - Price, Homer.
[S87] Christmas Dinner 1918.
[S1177] Military - Price Homer discharge.
[S310] Cens1920 - TX Lipscomb Precinct 3 p5b.
[S89] Katie Price's Collection.
[S535] AdoptDecree - Price James Malcolm by Homer and Katie Price.
[S539] AdoptConsent - Home of Redeeming Love.
[S534] AdoptPetition - Lakey James Robert custody to Home of Redeeming Love.
[S540] AdoptPetition - Records opened.
[S1164] Cens1940 - TX Lipscomb Follett ed148-4.
[S1526] MilitReg - Price Homer WWII Registration.
[S193] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
Death date: 30 Nov 1960Death place: Lipscomb, Texas
[S1175] MarrCert - Price Homer to Riffle Katie.

Homer Price[1]

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