Eugene Price

Background

Price, Eugene was born on January 5, 1929 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Lena Jane (Duncan) Price.

Education

Student, East Carolina U., 1948-1949; student, George Washington University, 1949-1950.

Career

Reporter, The Independent, Elizabeth City, 1946-1948; reporter, Greenville (North Carolina) Daily Reflector, 1948-1949; press secretary to, United States Congressman Herbert Bonner, Washington, 1949-1950; city editor, Goldsboro (North Carolina) News-Argus, 1952-1954; managing editor, Goldsboro (North Carolina) News-Argus, 1955-1968; editor, managing editor, Goldsboro (North Carolina) News-Argus, 1968-1991; editor emeritus, columnist, Goldsboro (North Carolina) News-Argus, since 1991; waterfront reporter, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1954-1955.

Achievements

• Eugene Price has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president Tuscarora county Boy Scouts American. Chairman North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, 1987-1989. Sergeant 1st class United States Army, 1950-1952.

Member North Carolina Associated Press Club (past president), North Carolina Press Association (past president dailies division, 30 writing awards), Eastern North Carolina Press Association (past president).

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing, camping.

Connections

Married Gloria Enid MacCormack, December 24, 1950. Children: Joyce, Susan, Bonnie, Charles, John.

Father:

Charles Edward Price

Mother:

Lena Jane (Duncan) Price

Spouse:

Gloria Enid MacCormack

child:

John Price

child:

Bonnie Price

child:

Susan Price

child:

Charles Price

child:

Joyce Price