William "Bill" Fredrick Price

William "Bill" F. Price age 76 of Fountain City passed away 10:22 P.M. Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Island Home Health and Rehab Center.  Member of Olivet Baptist Church in Knoxville.  He was an avid pool player. Anyone that knew him knew what a character he was. There is so much to be said, but to put it simply, as his grandson Brandon did, “ Well my papaw is gone now, what a life he had lived. A sinner, a preacher, a hero, a gambler, a good ole boy thru and thru.” Preceded in death by parents, Ollie and David Price, Brothers, Jim and Sandy Price, sister, Judy Gardner.  Survivors; children, John "Timmy" Edmundson, Rebecca (Jerry) Ray, Misty Hodge, Will (Chastity) Price, Krystal Price Roach and Kimberly (Jerry) Chambers; grandchildren, Thomas and Hannah Ray, Jessica Nicole (R. J.) Kesterson, Brandon Price, Jasmine Donald, and Nicholas Hodge, Hagen and Logan Chambers; Great-grandchildren, Mikhail Kimbrel and Deacon Kesterson.  Sisters, Jo Rogers, Irene Carden, Donna (David) Stooksbury, and Becky Lance; brothers, Rev. John (Evelyn) Price and Jerry Price, several nieces and nephews.  The family will receive friends 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 22, 2023 at Olivet Baptist Church 4701 Pleasant Ridge Road Knoxville, TN. 37912 followed by a 12:00 noon Celebration of Life Service.  Online condolences may be left at www.mynattfh.com