Mary Katherine Price

MARY K. PRICE WAS BORN AT HOMER G. PHILLIPS HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI JUNE 24TH, 1937 TO FRANCES ALMEDA KNOX AND JAMES EDWARD KNOX. AT THE AGE OF 13 SHE WAS BAPTIZED AT METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH BY REVEREND L.A. LAMPKIN AND ATTENDED NORTHEAST JUNIOR HIGH AND SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL.

MARY LATER MARRIED SYLVESTER STEWART: TOGETHER THEY HAD 7 KIDS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. MARY MARRIED AGAIN TO PHILLIP ARTHUR PEAVY TOGETHER THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN BEFORE THEIR UNION WAS DISSOLVED. MARY WAS A MEMBER OF PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH BEGINNING IN 1966. DURING MARY'S MEMBERSHIP AT PLEASANT GREEN, SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, AND A SOUL WINNERS CLASS; A PART OF THIS INCLUDED WITNESSING ON SATURDAYS AT A COMMUNITY COMPLEX IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY KNOWN AS "GATEWAY".

MARY ENJOYED MINISTRY; SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO HAVE A PRAYER GROUP DURING SEGREGATION IN JOHNSON COUNTY, SHE ATTENDED CHOIR WITH A GROUP CALLED "MORNING GLORY", AND SHE WAS A WITNESS TO ALL WHO KNEW HER.

MARY PRICE EVENTUALLY JOINED STRAIGHTWAY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH UNDER PASTOR RUBY MARGAUX, WERE MARY RECEIVED THE GIFT OF TONGUES AND SHORTLY AFTER HER MISSIONARY LICENSE.

LATER SHE JOINED MT. CARMEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN 1993 UNDER BISHOP ERVIN SIMS. MOTHER PRICE SERVED 32 YEARS AT MT. CARMEL AS A PROUD MEMBER, AN INTERCESSORY PRAYERER, A MISSIONARY, AND MT. CARMEL'S MOTHER'S BOARD.

MARY ENJOYED HER TIME IN BIBLE STUDY, STREET MINISTRY, INTERCESSORY PRAYER, MISSIONARY WORK WITH THE SICK AND SHUT-IN, AND MUCH MORE.

MARY WAS AN INSPIRING WRITER OF SHORT STORIES, POEMS, AND PRAYERS, AND A LOVER OF MANY BOOKS. MARY ENJOYED TRAVELING, COOKING, AND HOSTING FAMILY EVENTS WHERE SHE SHARED AND SHOWED THE LOVE OF GOD

MARY LIVED TO SERVE GOD AND TEACH OTHERS ABOUT GOD. SHE WAS A MOTHER TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. AND WAS THE PROUD MOTHER OF 10 KIDS, 21 GRANDKIDS, 26 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF BONUS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER AND FATHER, TWO SONS, STEVEN STEWART AND KENNETH STEWART, ONE STEPDAUGHTER, DIANA M. FORD, GRANDSON CEDRIC THOMAS SR., AND GRANDDAUGHTER KAYLA J. STEWART.

MOTHER MARY K. PRICE LEAVES HER MEMORIES TO CHERISH WITH:

SONS: HENRY (URSULA) STEWART (GRANDVIEW, MO), KEVIN L STEWART (KCK). ANTHONY STEWART (KCMO), THOMAS (NETTIE) STEWART (SILVER SPRINGS, MD), GREGORY PEAVY (KCK), ARTHUR E. (FELICIA) PEAVY (ARKANSAS).

DAUGHTERS: SHERIETA (DAMIEN) LEWIS (LEAVENWORTH, KS), RENEE PEAVY (NKC).

SISTERS: MARTHA BOLDEN AND VICKY COKER. BROTHER: JAMES KNOX,

ADORED GRANDDAUGHTERS: ALICIA WADE AND ALEXIS WADE.

AND A HOST OF GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

ISAIAH 41:10

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