Charles Leonard Price

Charles Leonard Price “Charlie”, 91, of Amarillo, Texas, passed away on July 1, 2025.

The family will receive friends from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., Monday, July 7, 2025, at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Services will be at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in the Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with Dr. G. A. Roach officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Volleys for Veterans. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

Charlie was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, on November 3, 1933, to Ada Mae (Draper) and Leonard Lee Price. He graduated from DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1951. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he retired after 20 years of service.

Charlie was a custom home builder in Canyon, Texas, primarily in the Hunsley Hills neighborhood, beginning in 1976. He continued his career as a general contractor until his retirement.

Charlie loved the thrill of horse racing. He was knowledgeable about horse bloodlines, jockeys, and trainers.

Charlie was a self-taught musician. He could play the guitar, banjo, harmonica, and he loved to sing for his family and friends. He loved fishing, telling jokes, and pranking his family and friends. In his younger years, Charlie loved playing basketball and was gifted at the “granny shot”. He was an avid Kentucky Wildcat basketball fan.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Ada Price; son, David A. Price; sisters, Dolores Jarboe, Shirley Wick; and brother, Jerry Price.

Survived by his children, Michael Lee Price and wife Mari, Laura Ellen Ebeling and husband Danny, and James Kenneth Price and wife Angie; grandchildren, Amanda Davis, Ashley Pierce, Cody Price, and Hollie Scantlin; great-grandchildren, Aiden Davis, Charlotte Pierce, Abigail Pierce, and Ella Scantlin; brother, Edward “Eddie” Price, and several nieces and nephews.  

We would like to thank Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home and BSA Hospice for their love and care of our father.