Barbara Jean Dunning Price was born July 15, 1949 in Clinton, Missouri the daughter of Miles Eli and Mildred Lorraine Miller Dunning and passed away Sunday, March 19, 2006 at the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri.


She was raised in Deepwater and attended grade school and high school there, graduating in l967. She became a Christian on May 1, 1960 and was baptized and joined the First Baptist Church in Deepwater. As a young girl, Barbara was active in her church GA's, the 4-H Club, the school band and cheerleading.


Barbara worked for two years at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Upon moving back to Clinton she married Roger D. Price on October 2, 1971. She worked four years for the Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission. In May of 1975 she and Roger purchased the Wilson Market in Deepwater and they later moved to Deepwater. She also worked for the City of Deepwater as treasurer, the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in the Medical Records Department and was a secretary for the University Extension Center in Clinton. Barbara and Roger purchased Movieland Video and the Conoco Station in Warsaw and they made their home there.


Barbara was beloved by family, friends and all who knew her. Her boundless enthusiasm and energy are legendary. She could accomplish more in one hour then most of us could do in a day and many of those projects were for other people. She takes a piece of our hearts with her into the rest she so surely deserves. She will be missed.


She and Roger were blessed with two children, Ryan Matthew Price born on April 29, 1975 and Eric Nicholas Price born on December 9, 1978.


She is survived by her husband, Roger of the home; her two sons, Ryan of Warrensburg, Missouri and Eric of Lincoln, Missouri as well as three grandchildren; her brother, Larry Dunning of Deepwater, Missouri
and her aunt Norma McVey of Clinton as well as a number of other relatives and friends.


Funeral services were held at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. James Brack officiating. The musical selections were "One Day At A Time" and "In The Garden" sung by David L. Mills and Peggy Arthur with Mrs. Arthur as organist. Casket bearers were Tom Dehn, Jim Raysik, Darrell Ammons, Jim Simmons, Frank Chaney, John Cox, Dudley Wareham and Roger Reddick.


Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, Missouri, under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.