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Jackie Glenn Price

May 17, 1947 — December 10, 2024

Burkeville

Jackie Glenn Price (1947-2024)

With hearts full of love, the family of Jackie Price of Burkeville, formerly of Amherst County, is

sad to announce his passing on December 10 th , 2024. He died peacefully at home surrounded

by his family.

We celebrate his incredible life that started when he was born to his parents Jack and Juanita

Price of Amherst County. He loved his little brother Jimmy. He liked spending time with friends

and fast cars, and he worked on the family farm and at his father’s grocery, Price’s Store. He

graduated from Amherst County High School in 1966.

In his personal life, he became a father to his daughter Julie Price Beverly in his first marriage

and gained a stepson Kenny Price. He met his wife Joy Price after a night of drag racing in

Bristol, and they married in 1979. After five years living in Amherst they relocated to Burkeville.

He became a daddy again at the age of 40 to his daughter Jeanette Price. He was a loving and

devoted father and husband. He loved his wife Joy very dearly and they were happily married

for 45 years.

He loved riding motorcycles and one of his favorite rides was the Blue Ridge Parkway. He liked

going to NASCAR races and was devastated by the death of Dale Earnhardt. He enjoyed Civil

War reenacting with the 19 th Virginia Infantry Regiment, annually participated in the nearby

reenactment of the Battle of Sailor’s Creek and even traveled to Pennsylvania to reenact the

Battle of Gettysburg. He enjoyed camping, assembling die-cast cars, and attending Jeanette’s

sports events. After his retirement he bought a drag car and was most often seen at the starting

line at Virginia Motorsports Park. His love of drag racing continued all the way to the Labor Day

before his death, where he drag raced at Bristol for one last time. He loved peanut butter and

he hated snakes. At home, he loved spoiling his boxer dogs, tinkering on his cars, and making

breakfast.

In his early career he was a sheetmetal ductwork fabricator and installer. His career

transitioned to teaching sheetmetal ductwork fabrication at Buckingham Correctional Center,

where he changed lives giving inmates an education while incarcerated with a trade they could

use to support themselves upon release. He believed in second chances. He would help his

former students secure employment and many of them kept in touch with Jackie over the

years. Many of his students went on to start their own businesses. He was a Master Teacher in

the Department of Correctional Education, and was awarded Buckingham Correctional Center’s

Employee of the Year. His success led him to be the cover story in Snips, a trade magazine

about HVAC and sheetmetal ductwork. He had the highest skill , passion, and expertise in his

trade. After retiring from the prison system after 27 years, he started his own business, the

Sheetmetal Ductwork Fabrication School. He found great success and taught students that were 

as beginner as apprentices, to established self-employed trades workers, and advanced

professionals that were employed by the federal government, military, universities, and major

corporations. He had students attend his school from all over the country, and even taught in-

person classes in places as far-flung as Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

He is survived by his wife Joy Price, daughters Julie Beverly (Mike) and Jeanette Price (Bob

Ratliff), and stepson Kenny Price (Brook).

He is predeceased by his parents Jack and Juanita Price, and sister-in-law Glenna Price.

A visitation followed by a funeral service will be held at Puckett’s Funeral Home in Farmville

December 14 th at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Heart of Virginia Free Clinic in

Farmville or the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry in Madison Heights.



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