Flossie L. Price

FLOSSIE LEE COZART PRICE, daughter of the late William and Gracie Cozart, was born June 15, 1929 in Granville County, North Carolina. She was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 30, 2005 after a lengthy illness at the Lorien Frankford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, Maryland. She accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of Union Chapel Baptist Church in Butner, North Carolina. Flossie graduated from G.C. Hawley High School in Creedmoor, N.C. May 1947. Upon completing high school she provided child care until deciding to relocate to Baltimore, Maryland where she met and later married the late Jessie Mac Price. The two were married for forty-six years. They later joined Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, God blessed this union with one son. Thereafter she attended Dunbar High School and graduated as a seamstress. She spent many days and nights year after year pouring her heart into the work of seamstry, which she enjoyed so very much. Flossie also loved baking, talking to friends and family on the phone, children, family gatherings, gardening, preserving homegrown fruits and vegetables. She was a fun person to be around and always had a way of making you laugh. Flossie was a dedicated home care provider for a very loving family over a thirty-year period until the time of her retirement. Shortly afterwards Flossie and her late husband moved to Littleton, N.C. where she became a member of Lee's Chapel Baptist Church. Flossie resided there in Littleton until the death of her husband. Due to Flossie's failing health she moved back to Baltimore, Maryland where she resided with her devoted sister and brother-in-law who provided optimum care along with the care of other sisters and brothers until Flossie's health deteriorated to the point whereas professional care was required. Flossie will continue to live on in the hearts of her son, Perry R. Price of Littleton, N.C.; two grandsons, Perry Price (stationed in Seattle, Washington) and Eric Price of Baltimore, Md.; three sisters, Sula Cozart of New York City, Onnie Cozart and Lonia Jones of Baltimore, Md.; four brothers, Willie Cozart, Raydell Cozart, Hazel Cozart of New York City, Wallace Cozart of Baltimore, Md.; nine sisters-in-law, Ruth Cozart and Louvenia Cozart of New York City, Annie Mae Cozart of Baltimore, Md., Bettye Lynch and Lillian Price of Littleton, N.C., Dorothy Price of Oxford, N.C., Patricia Price of Queens, N.Y., Nancy Price and Machelle Price of Baltimore, Md.; six brothers-in-law, George Jones of Baltimore, Md., John Price of Littleton, N.C., Dee Price of Oxford, N.C., William Price of Queens, N.Y., Edward Price and Willie Price of Baltimore, Md.; two uncles, Rev. James H. Stovall and Vincent Smith of Baltimore, Md.; two aunts, Zula Patterson of Baltimore, Md. and Jane Jay of Washington, D.C.; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, James Cozart and Onnie Harvey Cozart.

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Flossie L. Price

June 15, 1929 - October 30, 2005